Patents Assigned to GelTex Pharmaceutical, Inc.
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Publication number: 20030039626Abstract: The present invention provides fat-binding polymers, which comprise dialkanolamine, dialkanolammonium, aminoalkylpolyol, and ammoniumalkylpolyol pendant groups for subjects in need of fat removal from the gastrointestinal tract, particularly subjects suffering from steatorrhea and/or experiencing side effects from lipase inhibitors. Patients being administered with lipase inhibitors are typically being treated for Type II Diabetes, streatorrhea, and hypertriglyceridemia. The fat binding polymers of this invention are also suitable for use with obese subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley
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Publication number: 20030031644Abstract: Disclosed are ionene polymers having antimicrobial activity. “Ionene polymers” as used in this invention are cationic polymers in which a substantial proportion of the atoms providing the positive charge are quaternized nitrogens located in the main polymeric chain or backbone of the polymer rather than in pendant groups. Also disclosed are antimicrobial compositions comprising ionene polymers and methods for treating microbial infections in mammals comprising the step of administering to a mammal, a therapeutically effective amount of at least one antimicrobial composition of the invention. Also disclosed are antimicrobial compositions comprising at least one ionene polymer and methods for preventing, inhibiting or eliminating the growth, dissemination, and/or the accumulation of microorganisms on a susceptible surface (including, but not limited to, the formation of biofilms on a susceptible surface) comprising the step of contacting such surface with a composition of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Fitzpatrick, Keith K. Shackett, Jeffrey D. Klinger
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Patent number: 6517825Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for sequestering bile acids in a patient and to particular polymers for use in the method. The invention further relates to a method for reducing blood cholesterol, treating atherosclerosis, treating hypercholesterolemia and/or reducing plasma lipid content of a mammal. The methods of the invention comprise orally administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer characterized by a polyether backbone and amino or ammonium groups pendant therefrom. The amino nitrogen atoms can be substituted by one or more substituents independently selected from among substituted and unsubstituted, normal, branched and cyclic alkyl groups, and aryl groups. When the polymer comprises pendant ammonium or quaternary ammonium groups, the polymer will be associated with a pharmaceutically acceptable anion.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, Chad Cori Huval
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Patent number: 6517826Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting a toxin in an animal, such as a human, by administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer having a plurality of pendant acid functional groups which are directly attached to the polymer backbone or attached to the polymer backbone by a spacer group. The spacer group can have a length in the range from 0 to about 20 atoms. The toxin is, typically, an exotoxin secreted by a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Caroline Isabelle Bacon Kurtz, Richard Fitzpatrick
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Patent number: 6517827Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting a toxin in an animal, such as a human, by administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer having a plurality of pendant acid functional groups which are directly attached to the polymer backbone or attached to the polymer backbone by a spacer group. The spacer group can have a length in the range from 0 to about 20 atoms. The toxin is, typically, an exotoxin secreted by a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Caroline Isabelle Bacon Kurtz, Richard Fitzpatrick
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Publication number: 20030021761Abstract: A method of using ionene polymers for the treatment of mucositis and oral mucositis in mammals is provided. The method comprises administering to a mammal an effective amount of an ionene polymer to prophylactically or therapeutically treat mucositis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Fitzpatrick, Philip J. Goddard, Robert H. Barker, Keith K. Shackett, Jeffrey D. Klinger
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Patent number: 6509013Abstract: Phosphate-binding polymers are provided for removing phosphate from the gastrointestinal tract. The polymers are orally administered, and are useful for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2000Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, W. Harry Mandeville, III, George M. Whitesides
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Publication number: 20020187120Abstract: A method for treating gout and/or reducing serum uric acid levels in a patient is disclosed that includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an amine polymer; for example, an aliphatic amine polymer. Examples of polymers useful in the invention are sevelamer hydrogen chloride and colesevelam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceutical, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, Steven K. Burke
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Publication number: 20020187121Abstract: A method for treating hyperglycemia and/or reducing serum glucose levels in a patient that includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an amine polymer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the amine polymer is aliphatic. Examples of polymers useful in an embodiment of the invention include sevelamer hydrogen chloride and colesevelam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceutical, Inc.Inventor: Steven K. Burke
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Publication number: 20020182168Abstract: A method for reducing copper levels in a patient and for treating copper toxicosis and Wilson's Disease is disclosed that includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an amine polymer, wherein the amine polymer is substantially water-insoluble or non-absorbent in the gastrointestinal tract. In one embodiment, the amine polymer is aliphatic. Examples of polymers that are useful in an embodiment of the invention include sevelamer hydrogen chloride and colesevelam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceutical, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley
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Patent number: 6482402Abstract: The present invention relates to antimicrobial compositions including pharmaceutical compositions and treatment regimens for preventing or treating a microbial infection in a mammal, such as a human, by administering to the mammal, a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer and a therapeutically effective amount of an antibacterial agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2000Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Caroline Kurtz, Thomas X. Neenan
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Publication number: 20020168333Abstract: A method is disclosed for improving vascular access in a patient in need thereof by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of at least one amine polymer. Cross-linked polyallylamine polymers are particularly efficacious.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: November 14, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventor: Steven K. Burke
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Publication number: 20020159968Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a stable polyallylamine hydrochloride polymer in which between about 4% to about 12% by weight of the polymer is a chloride anion and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: GelTex pharmaceutical, Inc.Inventors: John S. Petersen, Steven K. Burke, Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley
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Publication number: 20020155091Abstract: The invention relates to methods for treating hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis, and reducing serum cholesterol in a mammal. The methods of the invention comprise administering to a mammal a first amount of a bile acid sequestrant compound which is an unsubstituted polydiallylamine polymer and a second amount of a cholesterol-lowering agent. The first and second amounts together comprise a therapeutically effective amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Chad Cori Huval, Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, John S. Petersen, Pradeep K. Dhal
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Publication number: 20020114774Abstract: A method for treating pathogenic toxins in a mammal, such as a human, comprising treating the mammal with a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer comprising a cationic group attached to the polymer backbone. The polymer can be a homopolymer or a copolymer. In one embodiment, the polymer is a copolymer comprising a monomer having a pendant ammonium group and a hydrophobic monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Richard Fitzpatrick, Chad Cori Huval, Caroline Isabelle Bacon Kurtz, W. Harry Mandeville, Thomas X. Neenan
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Publication number: 20020114777Abstract: A method for treating a microbial infection in a mammal, such as a human, comprising treating the mammal with a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer comprising an amino group or an ammonium group attached to the polymer backbone via an aliphatic spacer group. The polymer can be a homopolymer or a copolymer. In one embodiment, the polymer is a copolymer comprising a monomer having a pendant ammonium group and a hydrophobic monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: August 22, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: W. Harry Mandeville, Thomas X. Neenan, Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley
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Patent number: 6433026Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing bile salts from a patient in need thereof and compositions useful in the method. The method comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of an alkylated and crosslinked polymer. The alkylated and crosslinked polymer salt comprises the reaction product of crosslinked polymers, or salts and copolymers thereof having amine containing repeat units, with at least one aliphatic alkylating agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: W. Harry Mandeville, III, Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley
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Patent number: 6423754Abstract: A method for removing bile salts from a patient that includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a non-absorbable amine polymer characterized by a repeat unit having the formula: and salts thereof, where n is a positive integer and x is zero or an integer between 1 and about 4.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley, W. Harry Mandeville, III, Steven K. Burke, Dennis I. Goldberg
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Publication number: 20020095002Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing bile salts from a patient in need thereof and compositions useful in the method. The method comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of an alkylated and crosslinked polymer. The alkylated and crosslinked polymer salt comprises the reaction product of crosslinked polymers, or salts and copolymers thereof having amine containing repeat units, with at least one aliphatic alkylating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2002Publication date: July 18, 2002Applicant: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: W. Harry Mandeville, Stephen Randall Holmes-Farley
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Patent number: 6419914Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting a toxin in an animal, such as a human, by administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer having a plurality of pendant acid functional groups which are directly attached to the polymer backbone or attached to the polymer backbone by a spacer group. The spacer group can have a length in the range from 0 to about 20 atoms. The toxin is, typically, an exotoxin secreted by a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2001Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Assignee: GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Caroline Isabelle Bacon Kurtz, Richard Fitzpatrick