Patents Assigned to Amgen
  • Patent number: 9056915
    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: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Mark Jackson, Nigel Pelham Clinton Walker, Derek Evan Piper, Bei Shan, Wenyan Shen, Chadwick Terence King, Randal Robert Ketchem, Christopher Mehlin, Teresa Arazas Carabeo
  • Patent number: 9051311
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels, in particular Nav 1.7. The compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of sodium channels such as pain disorders. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Dineen, Charles Kreiman, Matthew Weiss, Stephanie Geuns-Meyer
  • Patent number: 9045547
    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: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Mark Jackson, Nigel Pelham Clinton Walker, Derek Evan Piper, Bei Shan, Wenyan Shen, Joyce Chi Yee Chan, Chadwick Terence King, Randal Robert Ketchem, Christopher Mehlin, Teresa Arazas Carabeo
  • Patent number: 9012605
    Abstract: Crystalline formulations of therapeutic peptides, along with methods for making and using the same, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventor: Christi L. Clogston
  • Patent number: 9012178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the culture of animal cells in serum-free culture medium. The present invention provides particular dipeptides that can improve recombinant protein production and cell viability in such cultures, especially in the absence of peptones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Sohye Kang, Rohini Deshpande, Rebecca E. McCoy, Leslie P. Miranda, Arvia E. Morris
  • Patent number: 9012443
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels, in particular Nav 1.7. The compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of sodium channels such as pain disorders. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Christiane Boezio, Howard Bregman, James R. Coats, Erin F. Dimauro, Thomas Dineen, Bingfan Du, Russell Graceffa, Charles Kreiman, Daniel La, Isaac E. Marx, Nagasree Chakka, Hanh Nho Nguyen, Emily Anne Peterson, Matthew Weiss, Katrina W. Copeland, Holly L. Deak, Alessandro Boezio
  • Patent number: 9012446
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, R2, R7, X, Y and Z of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions related to and/or caused by the formation and/or deposition of plaque on the brain. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula I, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Wenge Zhong, Patricia Lopez, Ryan White, Matthew Weiss, Ted Judd, Timothy Powers, Yuan Cheng, Thomas Dineen, Jonathan D. Low, Isaac E. Marx, Ana Elena Minatti
  • Patent number: 9006408
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, thrombosis, and for decreasing or prevention of accumulation of cholesterol in a subject by modifying LCAT polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Mingyue Zhou, Wenyan Shen, Bei Shan, Margrit Schwarz, David Park Meininger, Tom Boone
  • Patent number: 8999917
    Abstract: The present invention provides variant activin IIB soluble receptor polypeptides and proteins capable of binding and inhibiting the activities of activin A, myostatin, or GDF-11. The present invention also provides polynucleotides, vectors and host cells capable of producing the variant polypeptides and proteins. Compositions and methods for treating muscle-wasting and other diseases and disorders are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jeonghoon Sun, Lei-Ting Tony Tam, Huiquan Han, Keith Soo-Nyung Kwak, Xiaolan Zhou, John Lu
  • Patent number: 8999343
    Abstract: Myostatin antagonists, including myostatin binding antibodies, are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding and cells including myostatin antagonists; methods of production; and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Huiquan Han, Taruna Arora, Qing Chen, Hsieng Sen Lu, Xiaolan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8993727
    Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated immunoglobulin. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising the immunoglobulin, isolated nucleic acid encoding it, vectors, host cells, useful in methods of making it. In some embodiments the immunoglobulin comprises one to twenty-four pharmacologically active chemical moieties conjugated thereto, such as a pharmacologically active polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Walker, Frederick W. Jacobsen, Taruna Arora
  • Patent number: 8992925
    Abstract: Chimeric molecules comprising receptor activator of NF-?B ligand (RANKL) antibodies and parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH/PTHrP) peptides are described. Compositions and methods for the treatment of bone diseases are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kostenuik, Wenyan Shen, Thomas C. Boone
  • Publication number: 20150086556
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-activin A binding proteins, including antibodies. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides fully human, humanized, and chimeric anti-activin A antibodies that bind human activin A, activin A-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and activin A-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Other embodiments provide nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having activin A-related disorders or conditions including cachexia related to gonadal cancer, other cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Huiquan Han, Qing Chen, Keith Soo-Nyung Kwak, Xiaolan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150086563
    Abstract: There are disclosed alpha4beta7 heterodimer-specific antigen binding proteins, nucleic acids encoding them, and methods of making and using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Hailing Hsu, Ian Foltz, Frederick Jacobsen, Taruna Arora
  • Patent number: 8987422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to CD27L antigen binding proteins, such an antibodies, polynucleotides encoding said CD27l antigen binding proteins, antibody drug conjugate compositions, and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with CD27L expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Delaney, William Christian Fanslow, III, Chadwick Terence King
  • Patent number: 8980903
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment of CDK4-mediated disorders, such as cancer. The subject compounds are fused pyridine, pyrimide and triazine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Richard V. Connors, Kang Dai, John Eksterowicz, Pingchen Fan, Benjamin Fisher, Jiasheng Fu, Kexue Li, Zhihong Li, Lawrence R. McGee, Rajiv Sharma, Xiaodong Wang, Dustin L. McMinn, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Jeffrey Deignan
  • Patent number: 8980256
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing an aqueous protein or antibody formulation is disclosed herein. Additionally, stable pharmaceutical formulations are contemplated which comprise a biologically active protein, a destabilizing concentration of preservative and a stabilizing concentration of osmolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Tiansheng Li, Christopher James Sloey
  • Patent number: 8981071
    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
  • Patent number: 8980259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination comprising an alpha-isoform specific phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor compound, such as (S)-Pyrrolidine-1,2-dicarboxylic acid 2-amide 1-({4-methyl-5-[2-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1,1-dimethyl-ethyl)-pyridin-4-yl]-thiazol-2-yl}-amide), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF1R) inhibitor (e.g., the IGF1R inhibitor ANTIBODY A, or a variant or derivative thereof), a pharmaceutical composition comprising such combination, methods for treating cancer comprising administration of therapeutically effective amounts of such inhibitors 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: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Amgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Xizhong Huang, Malte Peters, Karl Maria Schumacher, Zhu Alexander Cao, Jennifer Lorraine Gansert, David Dong Eun Chang
  • Patent number: 8981064
    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