Patents Represented by Attorney Susan C. Kelly
  • Patent number: 8039623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or mixtures thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to compositions comprising these compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and to processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a composition comprising a compound of this invention. The invention further relates to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
  • Patent number: 7906550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and to processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
  • Patent number: 7683033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or mixtures thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to compositions comprising these compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and to processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a composition comprising a compound of this invention. The invention further relates to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John J. Court, David D. Deininger, Luc J. Farmer, Janos Pitlik, Robert B. Permi
  • Patent number: 7494988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are useful as protease inhibitors, particularly as serine protease inhibitors, and more particularly as hepatitis C NS3 protease inhibitors. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting HCV NS3 protease activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as therapeutic agents against the hepatitis C virus and other viruses that are dependent upon a serine protease for proliferation. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the activity of proteases, including hepatitis C virus NS3 protease and other serine proteases, using the compounds of this invention and related compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Perni, John Court, Ethan O'Malley, Govinda Rao Bhisetti
  • Patent number: 7365092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and to processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
  • Patent number: 7273885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to compositions comprising these compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a composition comprising a compound of this invention. The invention further relates to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Janos Pitlik, Kevin M. Cottrell, Luc J. Farmer, Robert B. Perni, Lawrence F. Courtney, John H. van Drie, Mark A. Murcko
  • Patent number: 7250520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved synthesis of pyrrole capping group precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael Wallace
  • Patent number: 7241796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptidomimetic compounds that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3–NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to compositions comprising these compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a composition comprising a compound of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Luc J. Farmer, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik, John H. van Drie, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7208600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or mixtures thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3–NS4A protease. As such, they act by interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The invention further relates to compositions comprising these compounds either for ex vivo use or for administration to a patient suffering from HCV infection and to processes for preparing the compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a patient by administering a composition comprising a compound of this invention. The invention further relates to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik