Patents Assigned to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Publication number: 20220402869
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, compositions, and mixtures thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers, such as carcinoma, sarcoma, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, skin cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer)) in a subject. Provided are methods of inhibiting a TEAD transcription factors (e.g., TEAD1, TEAD2, TEAD3, TEAD4) in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Yao Liu, Mengyang Fan, Yang Gao
  • Patent number: 11530209
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds that interrupt the function of SALL4. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Qi, Anthony Varca, Li Chai
  • Patent number: 11530219
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds with immunomodulatory activity, methods of making the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to treat diseases or disorders characterized or mediated by dysfunctional protein activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Eric Fischer, Zhixiang He, Guangyan Du, Katherine Donovan, Radoslaw Nowak, Jing Ting Christine Yuan
  • Publication number: 20220396554
    Abstract: The present invention provides dihydrooxydiazinone compounds of general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, and R4, are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative diseases, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft, The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel ELLERMANN, Stefan Nikolaus GRADL, Charlotte Christine KOPITZ, Martin LANGE, Adrian TERSTEEGEN, Philip LIENAU, Christa HEGELE-HARTUNG, Detlev SÜLZLE, Timothy A. LEWIS, Heidi GREULICH, Xiaoyun WU, Matthew MEYERSON, Alex BURGIN
  • Publication number: 20220395509
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating diseases (e.g., proliferative disease (e.g., cancer (e.g., breast cancer, colon cancer, testicular cancer, CNS cancer, stomach cancer, lymphoma (e.g., B-cell lymphoma (e.g., lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (e.g., IgM secreting lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (i.e., Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia), non-IgM secreting lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma)), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (e.g., activated B-cell-like (ABC)-DLBCL, germinal center B-cell-like (GBC)-DLBCL), follicular lymphoma, marginal zone B-cell lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma), and leukemia (e.g., chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), acute lymphoblastic leukemia, myelogenous leukemia (e.g., chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia))))) comprising administering to the subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of Compound (I). Further provided are methods for treating disease resistant to treatment with BTK inhibitors (e.g., ibmtinib).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven P. Treon, Guang Yang, Jinhua Wang, Li Tan, Nathanael S. Gray, Sara Jean Buhrlage
  • Publication number: 20220389023
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that target SMARCA2 and SMARCA4, causing their degradation. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods of use in treating associated disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Qi, Scott Armstrong, Lei Wu
  • Publication number: 20220387604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bifunctional compounds, compositions, and methods for treating diseases or conditions mediated by aberrant histone deacetylases 6 and 8 (HDAC6/8) activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Eric S. Fischer, Yuan Xiong, Katherine Donovan, Nicholas Eleuteri
  • Patent number: 11517591
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to immunogenic peptides that are specific to B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and Transmembrane activator and CAML interactor (TACI), and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Jooeun Bae, Nikhil C. Munshi, Kenneth C. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20220378762
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, which is a hyperproliferative disease and/or a disorder responsive to induction of cell death, selected from a haematological tumour, a solid tumour and/or metastases thereof, said tumour harbouring a mutant EGFR with exon 19 or 21 mutations, and their use as pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Franziska SIEGEL, Daniel KORR, Jens SCHRÖDER, Stephan SIEGEL, Heidi GREULICH, Bethany KAPLAN, Matthew MEYERSON
  • Publication number: 20220378942
    Abstract: The present disclosure features methods and compositions for treating Alzheimer's disease. The disclosed methods comprise administering to a subject having or suspected of having Alzheimer's a hematopoietic stem progenitor cell expressing at least one neuroprotective agent, such as ApoE2, Trem2, and/or a metallothionein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Children's Medical Center Corporation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandra BIFFI, Marco PEVIANI
  • Publication number: 20220378919
    Abstract: Disclosed are bispecific compounds (degraders) that target ERK5 for degradation. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the degraders and methods of using the compounds to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Jinhua Wang, Fleur Marcia Ferguson, Jie Jiang, Inchul You
  • Publication number: 20220372017
    Abstract: Provided herein are bifunctional compounds with a moiety (e.g., lenalidomide, thalidomide) that is a binder of an E3 ubiquitin ligase (e.g., Cereblon) and another moiety that is a binder of a kinase (e.g., HCK, BTK) to induce degradation of the kinase (e.g., HCK, BTK). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bifunctional compounds, and methods of treating and/or preventing diseases (e.g., proliferative diseases (e.g., non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, MYD88-mutated Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, activated B-cell diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leukemia)), inflammatory disease, or other diseases associated with MYD88 mutations). Provided also are methods of inducing the degradation of a kinase (e.g., HCK, BTK) in a cell in a biological sample or subject by administering the bifunctional compound or composition described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Steven P. Treon, Jinhua Wang, Guang Yang, Sara Jean Buhrlage, Li Tan
  • Patent number: 11505597
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies that neutralize MERS-CoV and methods of use thereof. The invented antibody is used to treat MERS-CoV infections and symptoms thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Marasco, Xianchun Tang
  • Patent number: 11505560
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterobifunctional compounds that effectuate selective degradation of a target protein, and which include a targeting ligand that binds a target protein and at least one other protein, a ligand that binds an E3 ubiquitin ligase or a component of E3 ubiquitin ligase, and a specificity modulating linker that links the first ligand and the second ligand. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of using and making the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Radoslaw P. Nowak, Eric S. Fischer, Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Zhixiang He, Brian Groendyke
  • Patent number: 11505831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to gene expression signatures that predict response and resistance to targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaole Liu, Peng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20220364184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating colorectal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Ruben D. Carrasco, Meng Jiang, Tomasz Sewastianik
  • Publication number: 20220364079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a methods for high throughput screening of epitopes that are involved in T cell activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Meyerson, Mark N. Lee
  • Publication number: 20220357311
    Abstract: The present application relates, in some aspects, to the development of an assay that uses cell survival and/or cell viability as a phenotypic identifier to positively select for agents that destabilize a protein of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Kaelin, Vidyasagar Koduri
  • Patent number: 11492403
    Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that specifically bind to phosphorylated PD-1, as well as immunoglobulins, polypeptides, nucleic acids thereof, and methods of using such antibodies for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Gordon J. Freeman, Vassiliki A. Boussiotis, Xia Bu, Vikram R. Juneja, Arlene H. Sharpe, Nikolaos Patsoukis, Jessica Weaver, Laura Strauss
  • Patent number: 11492670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for targeting cancer-specific DNA sequences, such as copy number amplifications and other types of cancer-specific sequence variations, such as cancer-specific polymorphisms, insertions, or deletions. The present invention provides hereto sequence-specific DNA targeting agents targeting a sequence within the amplified DNA region or a sequence otherwise specific for a cancer cell compared to a non-cancer cell. The invention further relates to methods for treating cancer, comprising administering such sequence-specific DNA targeting agents. The invention further relates to methods for preparing sequence-specific DNA targeting agent, as well as screening methods using the DNA targeting agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC., DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., INSTITUTO CARLOS SLIM DE LA SALUD, A.C.
    Inventors: William C. Hahn, Andrew Aguirre, April Cook, Glenn Cowley, Robin Meyers, David E. Root, Aviad Tsherniak, Barbara Weir, Francisca Vazquez