Hydroxamic Acid Or Salt Thereof Patents (Class 514/575)
  • Patent number: 11505523
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compound and methods of treating cancer by inhibiting HDAC8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: CITY OF HOPE, TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Ya-Huei Kuo, Wei-Jan Huang, Chung-I Chang
  • Patent number: 10322086
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating arthritis. A sustained release composition comprising liposomes and one or more therapeutic agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a subject in need thereof. The liposomes may be in an aqueous suspension. The sustained release composition can be administered intraarticularly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: TLC BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC., TAIWAN LIPOSOME COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keelung Hong, Luke S. S. Guo, Yun-Long Tseng, Sheue-Fang Shih, Po-Chun Chang, Chih-Chiang Tsai, Hong-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 10308596
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compound and methods of treating cancer by inhibiting HDAC8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: CITY OF HOPE, TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Ya-Huei Kuo, Wei-Jan Huang, Chung-I Chang
  • Patent number: 10106493
    Abstract: Compounds of formula wherein n is 0, 1 or 2; X is and Ar is a benzyl substituted at the meta position by a C1 to C8 alkoxy group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating, preventing or inhibiting a parasitic disease, such as toxoplasmosis, in a subject are provided. Methods for preparing the compounds are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (I.R.D.), UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Denis Sereno, Gilles Labesse, Jean-Francois Alexandre Guichou, Corinne Loeuillet, Deborah Isabelle Garcia, Stephane Delbecq
  • Patent number: 9789062
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating arthritis. A sustained release composition comprising liposomes and one or more therapeutic agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a subject in need thereof. The liposomes may be in an aqueous suspension. The sustained release composition can be administered intraarticularly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: TLC BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC., TAIWAN LIPOSOME COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Keelung Hong, Luke S. S. Guo, Yun-Long Tseng, Sheue-Fang Shih, Po-Chun Chang, Chih-Chiang Tsai, Hong-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 9737511
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing pathologic effects of hyperglycemia and/or increased fatty acid flux in a subject in need of such treatment or preventive therapy. This method involves administering a composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of a ROS inhibitor to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Michael A. Brownlee
  • Patent number: 9603354
    Abstract: Described is a protective solution for avoiding ischemic, storage or ischemia/reperfusion to organs, or to isolated cell systems, or to tissue components after perfusion, surgery, transplantation, or cryopreservation and subsequent reperfusion, which contains alkali ions, and if need be also alkaline earth ions as the electrolyte, a buffer e.g. on a histidine derivation basis, as well as a polyol and/or a saccharide, has an osmolarity of about 290 mosm/l to about 350 mosm/l, as well as a pH value of about 6.8 to about 7.4, and to which hydroxamic acid, and/or one or more hydroxamic acid derivatives are added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: DR. FRANZ KOEHLER CHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Herbert de Groot, Ursula Rauen, Gernot Koehler, Wilfried Bruns
  • Patent number: 9486421
    Abstract: Lung disease, such as cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma or acute and chronic bronchitis, can be treated with an oxyamide-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ERRANT GENE THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventor: Hsuan-Yin Lan-Hargest
  • Patent number: 9480758
    Abstract: The invention relates to aryl-sulphonamido compounds endowed with affinity against metallo proteases MMP, having formula (I) below wherein R, R1, R2, R3, G and n have the meanings reported in the specification, properly labelled with diagnostic imaging moieties or even radiotherapeutic moieties. The invention also refers to the process for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their use as diagnostic imaging agents or radiotherapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.
    Inventors: Armando Rossello, Elisa Nuti, Stanislava Ivanova Avramova, Fulvio Uggeri, Alessandro Maiocchi
  • Patent number: 9187441
    Abstract: Novel p53-Mdm2 antogonists that conform to Formula I or to Formula II: where the prescribed substituent groups are defined, are useful in treating or preventing cancer. In particular, the compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions are useful for treating relapsed/refractory acute myeloid and lymphoid leukemia and refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small cell lymphocytic lymphomas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventor: Alexander Doemling
  • Patent number: 9162974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of the active pharmaceutical ingredient vorinostat. In particular it relates to a process for preparing vorinostat substantially free from impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Generics (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Vinayak G. Gore, Madhukar S. Patil, Rahul A. Bhalerao, Hemant M. Mande, Sandeep G. Mekde
  • Publication number: 20150148421
    Abstract: A composition for and methods of preserving a topical cosmetic, toiletry or pharmaceutical formulation against microbiological contamination or growth are described in which the compositions used herein include at least one hydroxamic acid, salt or complex thereof, and the methods include addition of an effective amount of such compounds to a cosmetic, toiletry or pharmaceutical formulation. Compositions further including alkanediols and/or solubilizing agents in blends with hydroxamic acid are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Daniel Winn
  • Publication number: 20150141361
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition including at least one epigenome-modifying compound, for a use thereof in the treatment of genetic muscular diseases linked to a conformational disorder of at least one protein, said disorder causing the cellular degradation of the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: GENETHON
    Inventor: Isabelle Richard
  • Publication number: 20150099015
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit disorder, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and bipolar disorder. The methods entail administering to a patient diagnosed as having a neuropsychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit disorder, mild cognitive impairment, dementia bipolar disorder, etc.) or as at risk for a neuropsychiatric disorder a benzoic acid, benzoic acid salt, and/or benzoic acid derivative, and/or a sorbic acid, sorbic acid salt, and/or sorbic acid derivative, in combination with a neuropharmacological agent (e.g., an antipsychotic, an antidepressant, medications for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, cognitive impairment, or dementia, etc.) where the benzoic acid, benzoic acid salt, or benzoic acid derivative, and/or a sorbic acid, sorbic acid salt, and/or sorbic acid derivative, is in an amount sufficient to increase the efficacy of the neuropharmacological agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Guochuan Emil TSAI
  • Patent number: 8993581
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating viral disorders via the administration of an inducing agent and an anti-viral agent. In one embodiment, the inducing agent and the anti-viral agent are administered for about five days, and the anti-viral agent is subsequently administered without the inducing agent for an additional period of about sixteen days for a total cycle of about 21 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Susan Perrine, Douglas Faller
  • Publication number: 20150065554
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or having a neurofibromatosis or a sporadic schwannoma. In exemplary embodiments, the method involves administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a modulator of a target related to neurofibromatosis. Also disclosed are screening assays involving the implementation of Merlin-null Schwann cells, and to compounds identified using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Cristina Fernandez-Valle
  • Publication number: 20150030549
    Abstract: Topical compositions are disclosed that are useful for delivering a therapeutic level of an NSAID to a target within a subject having a local inflammatory disorder. A composition of the present invention comprises a Drug and a solvent system, wherein the solvent system comprises at least two solvent alcohols and wherein the solvent system is present in an amount sufficient to solubilize the Drug, the solvent system is a low alkanol system, and the composition is a single phase composition. Exemplary solvent systems are those for which one of the at least two solvent alcohols is polyethylene glycol, glycerin, butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethanol, isopropanol, or a derivative thereof. Optionally the local inflammatory disorder is pseudofolliculitis barbae, dermatitis, psoriasis, wounds, or sunburn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Monique Renata Green, Kenton Fedde
  • Publication number: 20150018331
    Abstract: Antibacterial compounds of formula (I) are provided: as well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Achaogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz E. Moser, Qing Lu, Phillip A. Patten, Dan Wang, Ramesh Kasar, Stephen Kaldor, Brian D. Patterson
  • Publication number: 20150018424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of the active pharmaceutical ingredient vorinostat. In particular it relates to a process for preparing vorinostat substantially free from impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Vinayak G. Gore, Madhukar S. Patil, Rahul A. Bhalerao, Hemant M. Mande, Sandeep G. Mekde
  • Patent number: 8921424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by formula (I) or composition comprising at least one of such compounds, which are inhibitors of histone deacetylase. The detailed description of these compounds is disclosed in the Description. These compounds and the composition comprising the same may be useful as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders as well as other diseases involving, relating to or associated with enzymes having histone deacetylase (HDAC) activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Central South University
    Inventors: Niefang Yu, Xiaoyu Liu, Xiaodong Hu
  • Publication number: 20140364398
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a new class of hydroxamic acid derivatives, their use as LpxC inhibitors, and more specifically their use to treat bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Anthony Marfat, Michael Joseph Melnick, Usa Reilly
  • Publication number: 20140348823
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods for treating cancer. In one respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating a hematological cancer (e.g., multiple myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma) comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a histone deacetylase inhibitor, for example, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor as described herein, for example, PXD-101. In another respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating cancer (e.g., solid tumour cancer, e.g., rectal cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, hematological cancer, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Henri Lichenstein, Nicholas Edwards, James Ritchie, Kamille Dumong Petersen, Jane Plumb
  • Publication number: 20140349938
    Abstract: The invention features methods of diagnosing a subject as having, or at risk of developing ALS by determining the frequency of Gems in cells obtained from the subject. These methods include diagnosing the severity or monitoring the progression of ALS by determining the Gem frequency in a subject. Also, the invention features methods of identifying compounds useful for the treatment of ALS as well as methods for the treatment of ALS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Robin Reed, Shi Chen, Yong Yu, Tomohiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8883851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of the active pharmaceutical ingredient vorinostat. In particular it relates to a process for preparing vorinostat substantially free from impurities, involving suberic acid, aniline and hydroxylamine as starting materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Generics [UK] Limited
    Inventors: Vinayak G. Gore, Madhukar S. Patil, Rahul A. Bhalerao, Hemant M. Mande, Sandeep G. Mekde
  • Publication number: 20140315965
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel compounds having vitamin D receptor agonist and histone deacetylase inhibitory efficacy as well as methods for reducing or inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells or for treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: James L. Gleason, John H. White, Dainis Kaldre, Joshua Fischer
  • Patent number: 8859502
    Abstract: Provided are methods for treating MLL-rearranged ALL by administering to a patient an HDAC inhibitor alone or in combination with a DNA demethylating agent. Also provided are methods of treating MLL-rearranged infant ALL. Methods of treating cells by these agents are also provided. Additionally, disclosed is a method for screening for compounds capable to treat MLL-rearranged ALL, in particular, MLL-rearranged infant ALL. In one embodiment, the HDAC inhibitor is romidepsin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Stam, Dominique J. P. M. Stumpel
  • Publication number: 20140288119
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1 is H, halogen, —NR5R6, —NR5—C(?O)—R6, —NH—C(?O)—OR7, —OR7, —NO2, —CN, —SR7, —SO2R7, —CO2R7, CF3, —SOR7, —POR7, —C(?S)R7, —C(?O)—NR5R6, —CH2—C(?O)—NR5R6, —C(?NR5)R6, —P(?O)(OR5)(OR6), —P(OR5)(OR6), —C(?S)R7, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl, wherein R5, R6, and R7 and are each, independently, H, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; m is an integer from 0 to 2; R2 and R3 are each, independently, H, halogen, —NH2, —CX3, —C(?O)OR8, C(?O)R8, —C(?O)NR9R10, C1-10 alkyl, C2-10 alkenyl, C2-10 alkynyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl; wherein X is Cl, Br, or F; R8, R9 and R10 are each, independently, H, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; Q is —Ar1—Z— or —Z—Ar1—Z—, wherein Ar1 is aryl or heteroaryl; and each occurrence of Z is independently present or
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Ronald Breslow, Paul A. Marks
  • Publication number: 20140288166
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of changing a ratio of 68 to 64 kDa protein of MRJP3 in a royal jelly, a method of producing a royal jelly comprising MRJP3 having a changed ratio of 68 to 64 kDa protein relative to a control royal jelly and the royal jelly produced thereform. Also provided is a method of promoting the growth of the larva of a queen bee comprising feeding the larva of the queen bee a royal jelly of the invention. Further provided is a method of producing bee larva, pupa and queen bees with sizes larger than normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: CHUNG-YANG HUANG, CHIA-NAN CHEN, WEI-JUNG CHEN, WEI-JAN HUANG, LI-LING CHI
  • Patent number: 8841291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides pharmaceutical composition that include the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Leslie Wighton McQuire, Michael Shultz, Ruben Alberto Tommasi, Sven Weiler
  • Publication number: 20140275093
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein ring A, X1, X2, X3, R2, R4b, R10, and G have values as described in the specification, useful as inhibitors of HDAC6. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention, and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of proliferative, inflammatory, infectious, neurological or cardiovascular diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Blackburn, Kenneth M. Gigstad, Sean J. Harrison, He Xu
  • Publication number: 20140271604
    Abstract: Polymorphic forms of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDAC) and methods of making and using such polymorphic forms are provided. Crystalline polymorphic forms can be characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction patterns, solubility, stability and other properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: STEFAN PRONIUK
  • Patent number: 8829051
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing pathologic sequelae of acute hyperglycemia and/or increased fatty acid flux in a subject. This method involves administering an ROS inhibitor to the subject. In addition, methods of promoting neovascularization, inhibiting oxidation or excessive release of free fatty acids, and identifying compounds suitable for treatment or prevention of ROS-mediated injury are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Michael A. Brownlee
  • Publication number: 20140243334
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R2a, R2b, R2c, and R2d have values as described in the specification, useful as inhibitors of HDAC6. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of proliferative, inflammatory, infectious, neurological or cardiovascular diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily F. Calderwood, Dylan B. England, Alexandra E. Gould, Sean J. Harrison, Liting Ma
  • Publication number: 20140213655
    Abstract: Methods for treating the animal central nervous system against the effects of stoke, including associated cognitive, behavioral and physical impairments. Effective amounts of therapeutic agents are administered to the upper third of the stroke patient's nasal cavity to bypass the blood-brain barrier and access the central nervous system directly to avoid unwanted and potentially lethal side effects. Therapeutic agents include those substances that interact with iron and/or copper such as iron chelators, copper chelators, and antioxidants. A particular example of a therapeutic agent is the iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey II, Samuel Scott Panter, Leah Ranae Bresin Hanson
  • Publication number: 20140206651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, thereof, wherein: G is a group of formula (II): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, hydrates, or solvates, thereof, wherein A, B, L1-L4, A, B, R1-R4, and m are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating a bacterial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Charles Francis Donovan, Edmund Lee Ellsworth, Denton Wade Hoyer, Timothy Allan Johnson, Manjinder Singh Lall, Chris Limberakis, Sean Timothy Murphy, Debra Ann Sherry, Clarke Bentley Taylor, Joseph Scott Warmus
  • Publication number: 20140179787
    Abstract: Methods for treating the animal central nervous system against the effects of spinal cord injury, including associated cognitive, behavioral and physical impairments. Effective amounts of therapeutic agents are administered to the upper third of the patient's nasal cavity to bypass the blood-brain barrier and access the central nervous system directly to avoid unwanted and potentially lethal side effects. Therapeutic agents include those substances that interact with iron and/or copper such as iron chelators, copper chelators, and antioxidants. A particular example of a therapeutic agent is the iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, Samuel Scott Panter, Leah Ranae Bresin Hanson
  • Publication number: 20140179788
    Abstract: Methods for preconditioning and/or providing neuroprotection to the animal central nervous system against the effects of stoke, including associated cognitive, behavioral and physical impairments. Initially, a patient at risk for stroke is identified. Effective amounts of therapeutic agents are administered to the upper third of the at-risk patient's nasal cavity to bypass the blood-brain barrier and access the central nervous system directly to avoid unwanted and potentially lethal side effects. Therapeutic agents include those substances that interact with iron and/or copper such as iron chelators, copper chelators, and antioxidants. A particular example of a therapeutic agent is the iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, Samuel Scott Panter, Leah Ranae Bresin Hanson
  • Publication number: 20140170162
    Abstract: The invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of nerve injury. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of preserving the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in an individual by administering a therapeutically effective dosage of a composition comprising an inhibitor of Wnt3a, and an inhibitor of MMP3 to the individual. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of stabilizing NMJ after nerve injury by inhibiting the WNT and beta-catenin signaling pathway and preserving agrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Ranjan Gupta
  • Publication number: 20140142189
    Abstract: Provided are methionine analogs which may be useful for inhibiting protein synthesis, inhibiting microbial growth and/or treating infectious diseases. In some instances, the analogs exhibit bactericidal, antibacterial, anti-infective, antimicrobial, sporicidal, disinfectant, antifungal and/or antiviral properties. Also provided are methods of treatment and methods of preparation, as well as kits and unit dosages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BIOXINESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mansour BASSIRI, Afsaneh RAHIMI-LARIJANI
  • Publication number: 20140128408
    Abstract: Histone deacetylases inhibitors (HDACIs) and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of HDAC provides a benefit, like a cancer, a neurodegenerative disorder, a peripheral neuropathy, a neurological disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypertension, malaria, an autoimmune disease, autism, autism spectrum disorders, and inflammation, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Alan Kozikowski, Jay H. Kalin, Kyle V. Butier, Joel Bergman, Wayne W. Hancock
  • Publication number: 20140113008
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for diagnosing reperfusion/non-reperfusion hemorrhage and predicting cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in subjects comprising using imaging techniques to detect regional iron oxide deposition. The invention also provides treatment methods for subject at increased risk of sudden cardiac death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Rohan Dharmakumar, Ivan Cokic
  • Publication number: 20140107211
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of ameliorating or reducing the extent of ischemic injury, reperfusion injury, and myocardial infarction, by administering an inhibitor of histone deacetylase enzyme (HDAC) or an inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase enzyme (DNMT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Peter J. GRUBER, Jonathan A. EPSTEIN, Ibrahim ABDULLAH
  • Publication number: 20140107166
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds for inhibiting histone deacetylases, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives thereof. The present invention further provides methods for treating disorders regulated by histone deacetylase activity (e.g., proliferative diseases, cancer, inflammatory diseases, protozoal infections, hair loss, etc.) comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention to a subject in need thereof. The present invention also provides methods for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph Mazitschek, James E. Bradner, Melissa Grachan Harman
  • Patent number: 8680148
    Abstract: Methods for treating a bacterial infection by using a metallo-desferrioxamine complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: University of Washington, Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd., Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: E. Peter Greenberg, Ehud Banin, Eyal Banin, Eduard Berenshtein, Mordechai Chevion
  • Publication number: 20140080783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of oncology and provides compositions and methods for treating specific cancers, including non small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, hepatoma and adenocarcinoma. Particularly, compositions and methods involving administration, either simultaneously or sequentially, of pharmaceutical combinations comprising (S)—N-(3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenylamino)-6-methoxyphenyl)-1-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)cyclopropane-1-sulfonamide with other compounds, to patients suffering from cancer are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ARDEA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventor: Mark CHAPMAN
  • Publication number: 20140080775
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a method of treating a subject for a condition mediated by aberrant Wnt/?-catenin signaling by selecting a subject with a condition mediated by aberrant Wnt/?-catenin signaling and administering to the selected subject at least one compound selected from the group consisting of those set forth in Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A method of similarly modulating the Wnt/?-catenin pathway in a subject is also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, The General Hospital Corporation, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Randall T. Moon, Travis L. Biechele, Nathan D. Camp, Stephen Haggarty, Daniel Fass
  • Publication number: 20140066419
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of alleviating, relieving, altering, remedying, ameliorating, improving or affecting a neoplastic disease or an immune disease, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein P, Z, and m are defined herein above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: PURDUE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 8664182
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth using HDAC10 inhibitors are provided. Methods of treating cancer in a subject using HDAC10 inhibitors are also provided. In certain embodiments, at least one second inhibitor selected from an autophagy inhibitor, an AMPK inhibitor, and methyl pyruvate is also used in the methods. Dose packs comprising HDAC10 inhibitors and at least one second inhibitor are provided. Methods of identifying HDAC10 inhibitors are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Tso-pang Yao, Hitoshi Sasajima, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Kai Cui, Chun-Hsiang Lai
  • Publication number: 20140051760
    Abstract: Hybrid molecules comprising a retinoic acid receptor agonist moiety and a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDAC) moiety are disclosed. Hybrid molecule 3 (6-(5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-6,7-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl)naphthalene-2-hydroxamic acid) was proven to posses HDAC activity while maintaining RAR agonist activity. Hybrid molecule 3 and pharmaceutical compositions thereof can be used in the treatment of breast cancer, leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, prostate cancer and cancer of the CNS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicants: Universite de Montreal, The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
    Inventors: Wilson H. Miller, James Gleason, Sylvie Mader
  • Publication number: 20140045943
    Abstract: Disclosed are amino alkyl/aryl hydroxamic acid compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The disclosed compositions are useful as therapeutics for degenerative diseases in mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Naurex, Inc.
    Inventor: Naurex, Inc.