Patents Represented by Attorney Samuel M. Kais
  • Patent number: 8338426
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperazinyl derivatives useful as inhibitors of the NPY Y2 receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, processes for the preparation of said compounds and the use of said compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders, diseases and conditions mediated by the NPY Y2 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Curt A. Dvorak, Devin M. Swanson, Victoria D. Wong
  • Patent number: 8246986
    Abstract: Aqueous drug coatings including at least one insoluble drug, wherein the insoluble drug accounts for about 85 wt % to about 97 wt % of the drug coatings are described. Such drug coatings may include only one insoluble drug, two or more insoluble drugs, or one or more insoluble drugs in combination with one or more soluble drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Alza Corporation
    Inventors: Evangeline Cruz, Gregory Ruhlmann, Brenda Pollock, Sherry Li, Carmelita Garcia, Alfredo M. Wong, Ryan Bronz, Tracy Fink, David Edgren
  • Patent number: 8226979
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to aqueous drug coatings that include at least one insoluble drug, wherein the drug accounts for about 85 wt % to about 97 wt % of the drug coatings. A drug coating according to the present invention may include only one insoluble drug, two or more insoluble drugs, or one or more insoluble drugs in combination with one or more soluble drugs. The present invention also includes drug coating formulations suitable for providing drug coatings according to the present invention and dosage forms that include a drug coating according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alza Corporation
    Inventors: Evangeline Cruz, Gregory Ruhlmann, Brenda Pollock, Sherry Li, Carmelita Garcia, Alfredo M. Wong, Ryan Bronz, Tracy Fink, David Edgren
  • Patent number: 8183239
    Abstract: The invention provides novel non-peptidic NPY Y2 receptor inhibitors useful in treating or preventing: anxiolytic disorders or depression; injured mammalian nerve tissue; conditions responsive to treatment through administration of a neurotrophic factor; neurological disorders; bone loss; substance related disorders; sleep/wake disorders; cardiovascular disease; obesity; or an obesity-related disorder. Compounds of the invention are also useful in modulating endocrine functions, particularly endocrine functions controlled by the pituitary and hypothalamic glands, and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of inovulation and infertility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Pascal Bonaventure, Nicholas I. Carruthers, Wenying Chai, Curt A. Dvorak, Jill A. Jablonowski, Dale A. Rudolph, Mark Seierstad, Chandravadan R. Shah, Devin M. Swanson, Victoria D. Wong
  • Patent number: 7947833
    Abstract: Certain methods that are useful in the preparation of amidophenyl-sulfonylamino-quinoxaline compounds are disclosed. The compounds are of the class of quinoxaline sulfonamides and constitute CCK2 receptor modulators, useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Xiaohu Deng, Jimmy T. Liang, Neelakandha Mani, Chennagiri R. Pandit
  • Patent number: 7855292
    Abstract: Certain sulfonamide compounds are dual CCK1/CCK2 inhibitors useful in the treatment of CCK1/CCK2 mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Brett Allison, Victor K. Phuong, Marna C. W. Pippel, Michael H. Rabinowitz, Hariharan Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 7736668
    Abstract: A dosage form is disclosed comprising means for delaying the delivery of drug from the dosage form following the administration of the dosage form to a patient in need of drug therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Frank Jao, Patrick S.-L. Wong, Hoa T. Huynh, Kathy Mc Chesney, Pamela K. Wat
  • Patent number: 7563895
    Abstract: Certain amidophenyl-sulfonylamino-quinoxaline compounds are CCK2 modulators useful in the treatment of CCK2 mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Brett D. Allison, Michael D. Hack, Victor K. Phuong, Michael H. Rabinowitz, Mark D. Rosen