Patents Assigned to Amgen
  • Publication number: 20120108587
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of protein kinase mediated diseases, including inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula (I) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, L, R1, R2, R3, R5 and m are as defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of p38 map kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ankylosing spondylitis, pain and other inflammatory disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Tasker, Liping H. Pettus, Ryan Wurz
  • Patent number: 8168416
    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: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Boone, David Park Meininger, Margrit Schwarz, Bei Shan, Wenyan Shen, Mingyue Zhou
  • Patent number: 8168409
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-IGF-1R antibodies. In particular embodiments, the invention provides fully human, humanized, or chimeric anti-IGF-1R antibodies that bind human IGF-1R, IGF-1R-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and IGF-1R-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 IGF-1R-related disorders or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Calzone, Rajendra V. Deshpande, Mei-Mei Tsai
  • Patent number: 8168762
    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: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Mark Jackson, Bei Shan, Wenyan Shen, Chadwick Terence King
  • Patent number: 8168592
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition of matter that involves a CGRP peptide antagonist. A pharmaceutical composition is disclosed that comprises the composition of matter and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, which can be configured for administration to a patient. Also disclosed is a method of producing the composition of matter. Methods of treating, preventing or mitigating migraine, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Colin V. Gegg, Jr., Eileen J. Johnson, Leslie P. Miranda, Kenneth W. Walker, Jerry Ryan Holder, Marie E. Wright, Derin C. D'Amico
  • Patent number: 8163280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to c-Met, preferably human c-Met, and that function to inhibit c-Met. The invention also relates to human anti-c-Met antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-c-Met antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-c-Met antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-c-Met antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Neil R. Michaud, Shama Kajiji, Gary Borzillo, Vahe Bedian, Kevin Coleman, Larry L. Green, Xiao-Chi Jia
  • Patent number: 8163766
    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 A, B, R3, R4, R5, i and j are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, methods of use for these compounds, including treatment of AD and related diseases, by administering the compound(s) of Formula I, or compositions including them, to a subject. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formulas II and III, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Wenge Zhong, Stephen A. Hitchcock, Vinod F. Patel, Yuan Cheng, Michael Croghan, Randall W. Hungate, Daniel La, Patricia Lopez, Matthew K. Kaller, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen, Thomas Nixey, Lewis Pennington, Matthew Weiss, Ted Judd, Russell Graceffa, Qiufen Xue, Charles Kreiman, Brian K. Albrecht, Denise Lyn Andersen, Michael Bartberger, James Brown, Ryan Brown, Stuart C. Chaffee, Scott Harried, Craig Masse, Bryant Yang
  • Patent number: 8163742
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating the c-kit receptor and, accordingly, useful for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, including various fibrotic and mast cell related diseases such as mastocytosis. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1-6, X and Y are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of c-kit mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Essa Hu
  • Patent number: 8163909
    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 or Formula II wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, B, R3, R4, R5 and W of Formula I, and R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R5, A1, A2, A3, A4, W, X, Z, m and n of Formula II are defined herein. The invention also provides compounds of Formula III, sub-Formulas II-A-II-D, sub-Formulas III-A-III-D and Formula IV. The invention further 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, AD, cognitive deficits and impairment, schizophrenia and other similar central nervous system conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Wenge Zhong, Stephen Hitchcock, Vinod F. Patel, Michael Croghan, Thomas Dineen, Scott Harried, Daniel Horne, Ted Judd, Matthew Kaller, Charles Kreiman, Patricia Lopez, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen, Matthew Weiss, Qiufen Xue, Bryant Yang
  • Patent number: 8163878
    Abstract: The present invention provides Tumor Endothelial Marker 5? (TEM5?) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TEM5? polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TEM5? polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Juan
  • Patent number: 8163284
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to antigen binding proteins which bind to human thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), including antibodies. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides fully human, humanized and chimeric anti-TSLP antibodies and derivatives of such antibodies. The disclosure further provides nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and antibody fragments and derivatives, and methods of making and using such antibodies including methods of treating and preventing TSLP-related inflammatory and fibrotic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R Comeau, James F Smothers, Bo-Rin P Yoon, Christopher Mehlin
  • Publication number: 20120094972
    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, Sjoegren'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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Brown, Yi Chen, Timothy David Cushing, Felix Gonzalez Lopez De Turiso, Xiao He, Todd J. Kohn, Julia Winslow Lohman, Vatee Pattaropong, Jennifer Seganish, Youngsook Shin, Jillian L. Simard
  • Publication number: 20120093815
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid molecules encoding FGF21 mutant polypeptides, FGF21 mutant polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising FGF21 mutant polypeptides, and methods for treating metabolic disorders using such nucleic acids, polypeptides, or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: EDWARD JOHN BELOUSKI, MURIELLE MARIE ELLISON, AGNES EVA HAMBURGER, RANDY IRA HECHT, YUE-SHENG LI, MARK LEO MICHAELS, JEONGHOON SUN, JING XU
  • Patent number: 8158759
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to antigen binding proteins, in particular, antibodies which specifically bind to the human glucagon receptor. The disclosure provides nucleic acids encoding such antigen binding proteins and antibodies and methods of making and using such antibodies including methods of treating and preventing type 2 diabetes and related disorders by administering such antibodies to a subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Hai Yan, Shaw-Fen Sylvia Hu, Thomas C. Boone, Richard A. Lindberg
  • Publication number: 20120088749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amides that have activity as S1P receptor modulating agents and the use of such compounds to treat diseases associated with inappropriate S1P receptor activity. The compounds may be used as immunomodulators, e.g., for treating or preventing diseases such as autoimmune and related immune disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, uveitis, psoriasis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, non-glomerular nephrosis, hepatitis, Behçet's disease, glomerulonephritis, chronic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic anemia, hepatitis and Wegner's granuloma; and for treating other conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicants: EPIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., AMGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Susana C. Neira, Xiang Yu, Roland Burli, Victor Cee, Brian Lanman
  • Publication number: 20120087912
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies and immunologically functional fragments thereof that specifically bind Dkk-1 polypeptides. The subject antibodies and fragments bind with high affinity to a conformational epitope located in the carboxy region of the Dkk-1 protein. Methods for preparing such antibodies or fragments thereof as well as physiologically acceptable compositions containing the antibodies or fragments are also provided. Use of the antibodies and fragments to treat various diseases including bone disorders, inflammatory diseases, neurological diseases, ocular diseases, renal diseases, pulmonary diseases and skin diseases are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ji Li, Wenyan Shen, Hsieng Sen Lu, William Gleason Richards
  • Publication number: 20120087920
    Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acid molecules encoding FGF21 mutant polypeptides, FGF21 mutant polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising FGF21 mutant polypeptides, and methods for treating metabolic disorders using such nucleic acids, polypeptides, or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Belouski, Murielle Marie Ellison, Agnes Eva Hamburger, Randy Ira Hecht, Yue-Sheng Li, Mark Leo Michaels, Jeonghoon Sun, Jing Xu
  • Patent number: 8153631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a triazole compound of the following formula: a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The above-mentioned triazole compound has superior HSD1 inhibitory activity, and is useful as an HSD1 inhibitor, a therapeutic drug of diabetes or a therapeutic drug of obesity or a therapeutic drug of metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Jay P. Powers, Mario G. Cardozo, Hiroyuki Goto, Kazuhito Harada, Katsuaki Imamura, Makoto Kakutani, Isamu Matsuda, Yasuhiro Ohe, Shinji Yata
  • Patent number: 8153633
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds represented in Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods of treating of diseases or disorders such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Austin, Jacob Kaizerman, Brian Lucas, Dustin L. McMinn, Jay Powers
  • Publication number: 20120083442
    Abstract: The present invention provides binding agents comprising peptides capable of binding myostatin and inhibiting its activity. In one embodiment the binding agent comprises at least one myostatin-binding peptide attached directly or indirectly to at least one vehicle such as a polymer or an Fc domain. The binding agents of the present invention produced increased lean muscle mass when administered to animals and decreased fat to muscle ratios. Therapeutic compositions containing the binding agents of the present invention are useful for treating muscle-wasting disorders and metabolic disorders including diabetes and obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: HQ HAN, HOSUNG MIN, THOMAS CHARLES BOONE