Patents Represented by Attorney Philip B. Polster
  • Patent number: 7649004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds and the uses of such compounds for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlotte Alice Louise Lane, Graham Nigel Maw, David James Rawson, Lisa Rosemary Thompson
  • Patent number: 7598231
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or salt thereof, which are modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor. The compounds and salts of the invention are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by glucocorticoid receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Hengmiao (Henry) Cheng, Rajesh Devraj, Gary A DeCresenzo, Xiao Hu, Kevin D. Jerome, Mark Obukowicz, Lisa Olson, Paul V. Rucker, Ronald Keith Webber
  • Patent number: 7553877
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula wherein A is of the formula and X, Y, n, R1—R25 are as described in the specification which are modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor and are thus useful for the treatment of animals requiring glucocorticoid receptor agonist therapy. Glucocorticoid receptor modulators are useful in the treatment of certain inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves A. Chantigny, Edward F. Kleinman, Ralph P. Robinson
  • Patent number: 7547714
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or salt thereof, which are modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor. The compounds and salts of the invention are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by glucocorticoid receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventor: Hengmiao (Henry) Cheng
  • Patent number: 7449467
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: which are modulators of chemokine receptors. The compounds of the invention, and compositions thereof, are useful in the treatment of diseases related to chemokine receptor expression and/or activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, Changsheng Zheng, Hao Feng, Michael Xia, Joseph Glenn, Ganfeng Cao, Brian W. Metcalf
  • Patent number: 7420061
    Abstract: Prodrugs of COX-2 inhibitors are described as being useful in treating inflammation and inflammation-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Talley, James W. Malecha, Stephen Bertenshaw, Matthew J. Graneto, Jeffery S. Carter, Jinglin Li, Srinivasan R. Nagarajan, David L. Brown, Donald J. Rogier, Jr., Thomas D. Penning, Ish K. Khanna, Xiangdong Xu, Richard M. Weier
  • Patent number: 7323462
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), (Ia) and (Ib) useful as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Charlotte Moira Norfor Allerton, Andrew Douglas Baxter, Andrew Simon Cook, David Hepworth, Stephen Kwok-Fung Wong
  • Patent number: 7317011
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating an individual suffering from peripheral neuropathy. The methods generally include administration of a therapeutic amount of optically pure (S,S) reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Embodiments of these methods can diminish adverse side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn
    Inventors: Erik H. F. Wong, Saeeduddin Ahmed, Robert Clyde Marshall, Robert McArthur, Duncan P. Taylor
  • Patent number: 7294691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to secreted soluble ?2?-2, ?2?-3 or ?2?-4 calcium channel subunit polypeptides and their preparation, corresponding nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells, as well as screening assays using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Warner Lambert Company
    Inventors: Jason Peter Brown, Francois Bertelli
  • Patent number: 7288662
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of the anti-migraine drug, (R)-5-(2-benzenesulphonylethyl)-3-N-methylpyrrolidin-2-ylmethyl)-1H-indole (eletriptan), available commercially as the hydrobromide salt, and an intermediate and dimer-free products obtained from such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald James Ogilvie
  • Patent number: 7262052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to three novel genes and polypeptides derived therefrom encoding “?2?-C” and/or “?2?-D” proteins which exist as a subunit in many calcium channels. The invention also describes methods for using the novel gene and polypeptides in the detection of genetic deletions of the gene, subcellular localization of the polypeptide, binding assays in connection with chemical databases, gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Warner Lambert Company
    Inventors: Margaret Ann Johns, Brian Moldover, James David Offord
  • Patent number: 7255860
    Abstract: The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating post-surgical pain by administering an anti-NGF antagonist antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Rinat Neuroscience Corp.
    Inventors: David L. Shelton, German J. Vergara
  • Patent number: 7252822
    Abstract: The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating pain resulting from surgery or an incision by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Rinat Neuroscience Corp.
    Inventors: David L. Shelton, German J. Vergara
  • Patent number: 7238676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds and the uses of such compounds as adenosine A2a receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Simon John Mantell, Sandra Marina Monaghan, Peter Thomas Stephenson
  • Patent number: 7238714
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): wherein A represents a phenyl group or the like: B represents an aryl or the like: E represents a 1,4-phenylene group; R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like: R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like: R5 represents —CO2H or the like: R6 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or the like: X represents a methylene group or the like. These compounds are useful for the treatment of disease conditions mediated by prostaglandin such as pain, or the like in mammalian. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunari Nakao, Seiji Nukui, Yoshiyuki Okumura, Tatsuya Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 7235363
    Abstract: A method for the screening of ligands which bind to soluble ?2?-1 subtype polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: François Bertelli, Jason Peter Brown, Visaka Udeni Karalliadde Dissanayake, Nirmala Suman-Chauhan, Nicolas Steven Gee
  • Patent number: 7232816
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted pyrazolo[4,3-e]-diazepines of general formula: to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to their use as medicinal products and to processes for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Burnouf, Amaya Berecibar, Michael Navet
  • Patent number: 7186743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrazolyl derivatives, compositions comprising such, intermediates, methods of making substituted pyrazolyl derivatives, and methods for treating cancer, inflammation, and inflammation-associated disorders, such as arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Pharmacia Corporation
    Inventors: Arija A. Bergmanis, Michael Clare, Joyce Z. Crich, Lifeng Geng, Timothy J. Hagen, Gunnar J. Hanson, Stephen C. Houdek, He Huang, Donna M. Iula, Francis J. Koszyk, Shuyuan Liao, Scott B. Mohler, Maria Nguyen, Richard A. Partis, Michael A. Stealey, Michael B. Tollefson, Richard M. Weier, Xiangdong Xu, Dominique Bonafoux, Theresa R. Fletcher, Bruce C Hamper, Patrick J. Lennon, Subo Liao, Suzanne Metz, David S. Oburn, Thomas J. Owen, Angela M. Scates, Michael L. Vazquez, Serge G. Wolfson
  • Patent number: 7132441
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of a combination comprising a therapeutically-effective amount of a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor and an immunosuppressive drug selected from antiproliferative agents, antiinflammatory-acting compounds and inhibitors of leukocyte activation. This combination may be used, for example, to suppress the immune response associated with organ transplantation, graft versus host disease, and conditions with underlying autoimmune or inflammatory reactivities or responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: G.D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: Susan A. Gregory, Peter C. Isakson, Gary Anderson
  • Patent number: 7107985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination comprising (a) an adenosine A2a receptor agonist as define herein and (b) an adrenergic ?2 receptor agonist, for simultaneous, sequential or separate administration by the inhaled route in the treatment of an obstructive airways or other inflammatory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Yeadon