Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Alan F. Feeney
  • Patent number: 6794364
    Abstract: A copolymer comprising an N-acylated derivative, and a composition comprising said copolymer and a polypeptide, said polypeptide comprising at least one effective ionogenic amine, wherein at least 50 percent, by weight, of said polypeptide present in said composition is ionically bound to said polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Kinerton Limited
    Inventors: Shalaby W. Shalaby, Steven A. Jackson, Francis X. Ignatious, Jacques-Pierre Moreau, Ruth M. Russell
  • Patent number: 6787521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting fibrosis in a patient. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a somatostatin, a somatostatin agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to said patent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Michael D. Culler, Philip G. Kasprzyk
  • Patent number: 6774109
    Abstract: A method of determining the ability of a compound to both bind to somatostatin type-5 receptor (“SSTR-5”) and inhibit amylin release. The method includes obtaining a preparation, either a cell preparation or a membrane preparation, which contains SSTR-5; incubating the preparation, the compound, and a SSTR-5 ligand, at least one of the ligand and the compound being detectably labeled; determining the ability of the compound to compete against the ligand for binding to SSTR-5; if and only if the compound is determined to be able to bind to SSTR-5, obtaining pancreatic cells; incubating the compound, the pancreatic cells, and an amylin release stimulator under conditions in which the amylin release stimulator would induce release of amylin from the pancreatic cells; and determining the ability of the compound to inhibit amylin release. Also disclosed is a method of treating hyperamylinemia with a ligand selective for SSTR-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Simon Jon Dunmore, Michelle Davenport, Michael Anthony Cawthorne
  • Patent number: 6703481
    Abstract: The invention features somatostatin antagonists having a D-amino acid at the second residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignees: The Administration of the Tulane Educational Fund, Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: David H. Coy, Barry Morgan, William Murphy
  • Patent number: 6673927
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for inhibiting farnesyl transferase and for the treatment of tumors and restenosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Gordon, Barry A. Morgan
  • Patent number: 6602849
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cyclic derivatives containing an imidazole cis amide bond mimetic which bind selectively to somatostatin receptor subtypes and the use thereof in treating conditions which can be treated by eliciting an agonist or antagonist effect from the somatostatin subtype receptors. This invention is also directed to methods for making the compounds of the instant invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherche et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Gordon
  • Patent number: 6586445
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula wherein the variables are defined in the specification, which bind to somatostatin receptors and block Na channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Société de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Christophe Alain Thurieau, Lydie Francine Poitout, Marie-Odile Galcera, Christophe Philippe Moinet, Thomas D. Gordon, Barry A. Morgan, Dennis C. H. Bigg, Jacques Pommier
  • Patent number: 6555156
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for making encased bound microparticles by nebulizing a dispersion of the bound microparticles into a solution of an encasing polymer and into a liquid, non-solvent of said encasing polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Kinerton Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Ciaran Loughman
  • Patent number: 6544545
    Abstract: A needle-less device for the parenteral administration of a medicament is disclosed. The medicament has the shape of one end of a toothpick. It is placed in the bore of a barrel with the barrel having the shape of a nose cone at one end. A plunger is inserted into the other end of the bore. The plunger forces the medicament through the skin and into the subcutaneous layer of the patient without the need for penetration of the skin by a needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventor: Roland Cherif-Cheikh
  • Patent number: 6544949
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) or parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), a method of using said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin to treat osteoporosis and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said analogues alone or in combination with a bisphosphonate or calcitonin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches Et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventor: Zheng Xin Dong
  • Patent number: 6509336
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (II), wherein the variables are defined in the specification, which are useful as prenyl transeferase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Zheng Xin Dong, Yeelana Shen
  • Patent number: 6342479
    Abstract: A method of prolonging the survival of pancreatic cells transplanted in a patient. The method includes the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of somatostatin or a somatostatin agonist to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Societe de Counseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, SAS
    Inventor: Michael D. Culler
  • Patent number: 6307017
    Abstract: A linear (i.e., non-cyclic) analog of biologically active amphibian bombesin, mammalian gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), or mammalian growth hormone releasing factor (GRF), having an active site and a binding site responsible for the binding of the peptide to a receptor on a target cell. Cleavage of a peptide bond in the active site of naturally occurring bombesin, GRP, or GRF is unnecessary for in vivo biological activity. The analog has one of the following modifications: (a) a deletion of an amino acid residue within the active site and a modification of an amino acid residue outside of the active site, (b) a replacement of two amino acid residues within the active site with a synthetic amino acid, a &bgr;-amino acid, or a &ggr;-amino acid residue, or (c) a non-peptide bond instead of a peptide bond between an amino acid residue of the active site and an adjacent amino acid residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignees: Biomeasure, Incorporated, The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
    Inventors: David H. Coy, Jacques-Pierre Moreau, Sun Hyuk Kim
  • Patent number: 6306420
    Abstract: The invention features an implantable device for the automatic delivery of an active ingredient according to an adjustable delivery profile. The device includes a housing; a reservoir operatively connected to the housing and arranged to store a solid composition including the active ingredient; an actuator arranged within the housing to move the solid composition from the reservoir to a transit area, wherein the solid composition exits the housing at the transit area; a controller that acts on the actuator to adjust movement of the solid composition out of the housing according to the adjustable delivery profile; and a power source arranged to provide energy to the actuator and the controller. The solid composition can be an elongate, solid composition comprising a drug, and up to 90% of a carrier, wherein the composition has a cross-section of less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, S.A.S.
    Inventor: Roland Cherif Cheikh
  • Patent number: 6270700
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing biodegradable microspheres and or nanospheres using an oil-in-water process for the controlled release of bioactive peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, SAS
    Inventor: Francis X. Ignatious
  • Patent number: 6268342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting fibrosis in a patient. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a somatostatin, a somatostatin agonist or apharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to said patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Biomeasure Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael D. Culler, Philip G. Kasprzyk
  • Patent number: 6242563
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel analogues of PACAP (Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide) as described in the specification, which are agonists of the PACAP receptor and as such are useful in treating cerebrovascular ischemia, male impotence, motor neuron disease, neuropathy, pain, depression, anxiety disorders, brain trauma, memory impairments, dementia, cognitive disorder, central nervous system diseases (such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease), migraine, neurodegenerative diseases, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, fibrosis, restenosis, diabetes mellitus, muscle disease, gastric ulcer, stroke, atherosclerosis, hypertension, septic shock, thrombosis, retina disease, cardiovascular disease, renal failure and cardiac failure and the prevention of neuronal cell death in a mammal. This invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions useful therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, SAS
    Inventor: Zheng Xin Dong