Patents Represented by Attorney Susan C. Kelly
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Patent number: 8039623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
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Patent number: 7906550Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
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Patent number: 7683033Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John J. Court, David D. Deininger, Luc J. Farmer, Janos Pitlik, Robert B. Permi
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Patent number: 7494988Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Robert Perni, John Court, Ethan O'Malley, Govinda Rao Bhisetti
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Patent number: 7365092Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik
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Patent number: 7273885Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Janos Pitlik, Kevin M. Cottrell, Luc J. Farmer, Robert B. Perni, Lawrence F. Courtney, John H. van Drie, Mark A. Murcko
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Patent number: 7250520Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved synthesis of pyrrole capping group precursors.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventor: Michael Wallace
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Patent number: 7241796Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Luc J. Farmer, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik, John H. van Drie, Jr.
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Patent number: 7208600Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, Robert B. Perni, Janos Pitlik