Abstract: This invention provides antibodies that interact with or bind to human B7 related protein-1 (B7RP1) and antibodies that bind to and neutralize the function of B7RP1 thereby. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of said antibodies and methods for neutralizing B7RP1 function, and particularly for treating immune disorders (e.g., inappropriate immune response) by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of anti-B7RP1 antibodies. Methods of detecting the amount of B7RP1 in a sample using anti-B7RP1 antibodies are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2015
Assignees:
Amgen, Inc., Medarex, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Gerald Siu, Wenyan Shen, Steven K. Yoshinaga, Haichun Huang
Abstract: Antigen binding proteins that interact with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) are described. Methods of treating hypercholesterolemia and other disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described. Methods of detecting the amount of PCSK9 in a sample using an antigen binding protein to PCSK9 are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 14, 2014
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Simon Mark Jackson, Bei Shan, Wenyan Shen, Chadwick Terence King, Randal Robert Ketchem, Christopher Mehlin, Teresa Arazas Carabeo
Abstract: Methods of determining the dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid are provided. Also provided are methods of inactivation of an organism, such as a spore, a bacteria or a virus, in a sample comprising dose of UVC light delivered to a sample comprising a low optical transmission complex fluid.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 7, 2013
Publication date:
February 26, 2015
Applicant:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Roger Hart, Amanda Lewis, Brent Welborn
Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A1, A3, A5, A6, A8, R2, R7, X, Y and Z of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and corresponding uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits and impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions and disorders. The invention further provides compounds of Formulas II and III, and of sub-formulas of Formulas I, II and III, intermediates and processes and methods useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulas I-III.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2012
Date of Patent:
February 24, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Oleg Epstein, Ryan White, Vinod F. Patel, Jason Brooks Human
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination comprising a MEK inhibitor compound 6-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenylamino)-7-fluoro-3-methyl-3H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxylic acid (2-hydroxyethyoxy)-amide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and the IGF1R inhibitor ANTIBODY A, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such combination, methods for treating cancer comprising administration of a therapeutically effective amount of such combination to a subject in need thereof, and uses of such combination for the treatment of cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2013
Date of Patent:
February 24, 2015
Assignees:
Novartis AG, Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Xizhong Huang, Malte Peters, Jennifer Lorraine Gansert, David Dong Eun Chang, Pedro Beltran, Zhu Alexander Cao
Abstract: Unsaturated nitrogen heterocyclic compounds of formula (I): as defined in the specification, compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds. Provided herein also are methods of treating disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as obesity, Huntington's Disease, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 17, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Jennifer R. Allen, Jian J. Chen, Michael J. Frohn, Essa Hu, Qingyian Liu, Alexander J. Pickrell, Shannon Rumfelt, Robert M. Rzasa, Wenge Zhong
Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, A8, L, R2, R7, R9, W and Y of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and corresponding uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions. The invention further provides compounds of Formulas II and III, sub-Formula embodiments of Formulas I, II and III, intermediates and processes and methods useful for the preparation of compounds of Formulae I-III.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 17, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Ana Elena Minatti, Oleg Epstein, Ryan White, Matthew Weiss, Wenge Zhong, Jonathan D. Low
Abstract: An autoinjector apparatus is disclosed which comprises a single-use cassette and an autoinjector. The cassette comprises a housing and a sleeve movably disposed in the housing. A syringe may be disposed in the sleeve and secured therein with a lock cap. The lock cap is affixed to a distal end of the sleeve and contacts the distal end of the syringe. A shield remover extends through an opening in a proximal end of the housing for removing a needle shield which covers a needle of the syringe. A cassette identification arrangement is provided on a surface of the housing to enable the autoinjector to identify the cassette. The autoinjector is provided with a detector for reading the cassette identification arrangement.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 20, 2012
Publication date:
February 12, 2015
Applicant:
AMGEN, INC.
Inventors:
Michael Denzer, Robert W. Swift, Neal D. Johnston, Gabriele Ganzitti, Kenneth R. Ewing, Suhas Krishna
Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated antigen binding protein, such as but not limited to, an antibody or antibody fragment. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising the antigen binding protein, isolated nucleic acid encoding it, vectors, host cells, and hybridomas useful in methods of making it. In some embodiments the antigen binding protein comprises one to twenty-four pharmacologically active chemical moieties conjugated thereto, such as a pharmacologically active polypeptide.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 22, 2014
Publication date:
February 12, 2015
Applicant:
AMGEN INC.
Inventors:
Kenneth W. WALKER, Yue-Sheng LI, Thomas Charles BOONE, HoSung MIN, Jane TALVENHEIMO, Taruna ARORA, Frederick W. JACOBSEN
Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated antigen binding protein, such as but not limited to, an antibody or antibody fragment. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising the antigen binding protein, isolated nucleic acid encoding it, vectors, host cells, and hybridomas useful in methods of making it. In some embodiments the antigen binding protein comprises one to twenty-four pharmacologically active chemical moieties conjugated thereto, such as a pharmacologically active polypeptide.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 22, 2014
Publication date:
February 12, 2015
Applicant:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Kenneth W. WALKER, Yue-Sheng LI, Thomas Charles BOONE, George DOELLGAST (DECEASED), HoSung MIN, Jane TALVENHEIMO, Taruna ARORA, Frederick W. JACOBSEN
Abstract: Heteroaryloxycarbocyclyl compounds, and compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds. Provided herein also are methods of treating disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, Huntington's Disease, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 10, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Jennifer R. Allen, Michael J. Frohn, Paul E. Harrington, Essa Hu, Alexander J. Pickrell, Robert M. Rzasa, Kelvin K. C. Sham
Abstract: A method of refolding proteins expressed in non-mammalian cells present in concentrations of 2.0 g/L or higher is disclosed. The method comprises identifying the thiol pair ratio and the redox buffer strength to achieve conditions under which efficient folding at concentrations of 2.0 g/L or higher is achieved and can be employed over a range of volumes, including commercial scale.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 21, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 10, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph Edward Shultz, Roger Hart, Ronald Nixon Keener, III
Abstract: The present invention provides a MDM2 inhibitor compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which compound is useful as a therapeutic agent, particularly for the treatment of cancers. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contains the MDM2 inhibitor.
Abstract: Chroman compounds and derivatives of Formula I are useful inhibitors of TRPM8. Such compounds are useful in treating a number of TRPM8 mediated disorders and conditions and may be used to prepare medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating such disorders and conditions. Examples of such disorders include, but are not limited to, migraines and neuropathic pain. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2013
Date of Patent:
February 10, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Kaustav Biswas, Jian J. Chen, Vijay Keshav Gore, Scott Harried, Daniel B. Horne, Matthew R. Kaller, Vu Van Ma, Kelvin Sham, Wenge Zhong
Abstract: A method of treating Parkinson's disease in humans is disclosed, wherein glial cell-line derive neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is chronically administered directly to one or both putamen of a human in need of treatment thereof via convection-enhanced infusion using at least one implantable pump and at least one catheter. In one aspect of the present invention the GDNF is infused directly into one or both putamen through one or more indwelling intraparenchymal mutitiport brain catheters connected to one or moreimplantable pumps wherein the flow rate is pulsed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 22, 2005
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2015
Assignees:
Amgen Inc., University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Inventors:
Steven S. Gill, Don M. Gash, Greg Allen Gerhardt
Abstract: Aryl- and heteroaryl-nitrogen heterocyclic compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein m, p, q, R1, R2, R3, X1, X2, X3, Y1 and Y2 are defined herein; and compositions containing them, and processes for preparing such compounds. Provided herein also are methods of treating disorders or diseases treatable by inhibition of PDE10, such as obesity, non-insulin dependent diabetes, schizophrenia, Huntington's Disease, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the like.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Jennifer R. Allen, Kristin L. Andrews, Michael J. Frohn, Paul E. Harrington, Alexander J. Pickrell, Robert M. Rzasa
Abstract: A method of treating Parkinson's disease in humans is disclosed, wherein glial cell-line derive neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is chronically administered directly to one or both putamen of a human in need of treatment thereof via convection-enhanced infusion using at least one implantable pump and at least one catheter. In one aspect of the present invention the GDNF is infused directly into one or both putamen through one or more indwelling intraparenchymal multiport brain catheters connected to one or more implantable pumps wherein the flow rate is pulsed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 2004
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2015
Assignees:
Northern Bristol N.H.S. Trust Frenchay Hospital, University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Steven S. Gill, Don M. Gash, Greg A. Gerhardt
Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p110? activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) Myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS) myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) T-cell Acute Lymphob
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2010
Date of Patent:
January 27, 2015
Assignee:
Amgen Inc.
Inventors:
Timothy D. Cushing, Paul John Dransfield, Felix Gonzalez Lopez de Turiso, Michael G. Johnson, Todd Kohn, Vatee Pattaropong, Jillian L. Simard
Abstract: Methods of purifying proteins expressed in non-mammalian expression systems in a non-native soluble form directly from cell lysate are disclosed. Methods of purifying proteins expressed in non-mammalian expression systems in a non-native limited solubility form directly from a refold solution are also disclosed. Resin regeneration methods are also provided.
Abstract: The invention relates to the field of compounds, especially peptides or polypeptides, that have thrombopoietic activity. The peptides and polypeptides of the invention may be used to increase platelets or platelet precursors (e.g., megakaryocytes) in a mammal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 30, 2014
Publication date:
January 22, 2015
Applicant:
AMGEN INC.
Inventors:
Chuan-Fa Liu, Ulrich Feige, Janet C. Cheetham