Patents Assigned to Chimerix, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140046085
    Abstract: The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of phosphonate ester derivatives. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of phosphonate ester compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of phosphonate ester derivatives without the use of chromatographic purification methods and in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of phosphonate ester derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: CHIMERIX, INC.
    Inventors: Roy W. Ware, Merrick R. Almond, Bernhard M. Lampert
  • Patent number: 8642577
    Abstract: The present application provides methods and compositions for combination therapy with antiviral compounds for the treatment of poxvirus infections, such as orthopox virus infections. In one embodiment, a method of treatment of a poxvirus infection is provided that comprises administering to a host in need thereof cidofovir, cyclic cidofovir, or a salt, ester, or prodrug thereof in combination or alternation with at least a second anti-poxvirus agent. The second anti-poxvirus agent is, for example, a biologic, such as a pegylated interferon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrick R. Almond, George R. Painter
  • Patent number: 8614200
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating viral infection of the eye or posterior ocular condition including administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound described in the present application. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is topically administered. In another embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition is orally administered or intraocularly administered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Painter, Merrick R. Almond
  • Patent number: 8569321
    Abstract: The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of phosphonate ester derivatives. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of phosphonate ester compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of phosphonate ester derivatives without the use of chromatographic purification methods and in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of phosphonate ester derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy W. Ware, Merrick R. Almond, Bernhard M. Lampert
  • Publication number: 20130072460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods for treating retroviral infections and/or Hepatitis B viral infections. Some compounds of the invention are described by Formula (I) or a stereoisomer, a diastereomer, an enantiomer or racemate thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: CHIMERIX, INC.
    Inventor: Ernest Randall Lanier
  • Publication number: 20130072458
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating diseases associated with at least one virus. The methods include administering a compound described in the invention in a therapeutically effective amount. According to some aspects of the present invention, the methods may further comprise at least one immunosuppressant agent to treat diseases associated with at least one virus of a subject in need of immunosuppressant agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Painter, Ernest Randall Lanier, Gwendolyn Powell Painter
  • Publication number: 20120164104
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating viral induced tumor or viral infections, including administering a compound described in the invention in a therapeutically effective amount. According to some aspect of the present invention, the methods may further comprise at least one immunosuppressant agent to treat viral infection and/or viral induced tumor to a subject in need of immunosuppressant agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Randall Lanier, George R. Painter
  • Publication number: 20120165295
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating viral infection of the eye or posterior ocular condition including administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound described in the present application. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is topically administered. In another embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition is orally administered or intraocularly administered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Painter, Merrick R. Almond
  • Publication number: 20120058976
    Abstract: The disclosure describes methods of synthesis of phosphonate ester derivatives. Preferred methods according to the disclosure allow for large-scale preparation of phosphonate ester compounds having high purity. In some embodiments, preferred methods according to the disclosure also allow for the preparation of phosphonate ester derivatives without the use of chromatographic purification methods and in better yield than previously used methods for preparing such compounds. Also disclosed are morphic forms of phosphonate ester derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy W. Ware, Merrick R. Almond, Bernhard M. Lampert
  • Publication number: 20110263536
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating diseases associated with at least one virus. The methods include administering a compound described in the invention in a therapeutically effective amount. According to some aspects of the present invention, the methods provide treatment of an orthopox virus infection or a disease related to orthopox virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest R. Lanier, George R. Painter
  • Patent number: 7994143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphonate, nucleoside phosphonate or nucleoside phosphate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use in treating a variety of medical disorders, in particular viral infections, cancers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Chimerix, Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Karl Y. Hostetler, James R. Beadle, Jacqueline Ruiz, Merrick R. Almond, George R. Painter, Timothy A. Riley, Paula Francom
  • Publication number: 20100297079
    Abstract: The present invention describes compounds of formulae I and II and methods for treating viral infection, such as Flaviviridae virus infection, including Hepatitis C infection (HCV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrick Almond, Ernest R. Lanier, David L. Musso, Roy Ware
  • Publication number: 20100249056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphonate, nucleoside phosphonate or nucleoside phosphate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use in treating a variety of medical disorders, in particular viral infections, cancers and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: CHIMERIX, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Karl Y. Hostetler, James R. Beadle, Jacqueline Ruiz, Merrick R. Almond, George R. Painter, Tim Riley, Paula Francom
  • Patent number: 7749983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphonate, nucleoside phosphonate or nucleoside phosphate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use in treating a variety of medical disorders, in particular viral infections, cancers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignees: Chimerix, Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Karl Y. Hostetler, James R. Beadle, Jacqueline Ruiz, Merrick R. Almond, George R. Painter, Timothy A. Riley, Paula Francom
  • Publication number: 20080009462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphonate, nucleoside phosphonate or nucleoside phosphate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use in treating a variety of medical disorders, in particular viral infections, cancers and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicants: CHIMERIX, INC., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
    Inventors: Karl Hostetler, James Beadle, Jacqueline Ruiz, Merrick Almond, George Painter, Tim Riley, Paula Francom
  • Patent number: 6599887
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed for treating AIDS, herpes, and other viral infections by means of lipid derivatives of antiviral agents. The compounds consist of nucleoside analogues having antiviral activity which are linked, commonly through a phosphate group at the 5′ position of the pentose residue, to one of a selected group of lipids. The lipophilic nature of these compounds provide advantages over the use of the nucleoside analogue alone. It also makes it possible to incorporate them into the lamellar structure of liposomes, either alone or combined with similar molecules. In the form of liposomes, these antiviral agents are preferentially taken up by macrophages and monocytes, cells which have been found to harbor the target HIV virus. Additional site specificity may be incorporated into the liposomes with the addition of ligands, such as monoclonal antibodies or other peptides or proteins which bind to viral proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Y. Hostetler, Raj Kumar, Louise M. Stuhmiller
  • Patent number: 6448392
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed for treating AIDS, herpes, and other viral infections by means of lipid derivatives of antiviral agents. The compounds consist of nucleoside analogues having antiviral activity which are linked, commonly through a phosphate group at the 5′ position of the pentose residue, to one of a selected group of lipids. The lipophilic nature of these compounds provide advantages over the use of the nucleoside analogue alone. It also makes it possible to incorporate them into the lamellar structure of liposomes, either alone or combined with similar molecules. In the form of liposomes, these antiviral agents are preferentially taken up by macrophages and monocytes, cells which have been found to harbor the target HIV virus. Additional site specificity may be incorporated into the liposomes with the addition of ligands, such as monoclonal antibodies or other peptides or proteins which bind to viral proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Chimerix, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Y. Hostetler, Raj Kumar, Louise M. Stuhmiller