Patents Assigned to Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
  • Distinguishing assay
    Patent number: 8227195
    Abstract: The current invention comprises a method for determining of an antibody against a drug antibody in a sample using an immunoassay comprising a capture drug antibody and a tracer drug antibody, wherein the method comprises providing i) a capture drug antibody, which is the drug antibody conjugated to a solid phase, ii) a tracer drug antibody, which is the drug antibody conjugated to a detectable label, contacting the capture drug antibody separately with i) the sample, ii) the sample, to which the drug antibody in monomeric form has been added, iii) the sample, to which the drug antibody in oligomeric form has been added, and determining an antibody against the drug antibody in the sample by a positive immunoassay in i) and a negative immunoassay in ii) and iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Markus Zadak
  • Heterocyclic-substituted phenyl methanones
    Patent number: 8188139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, and are defined in the specification and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Synese Jolidon, Robert Narquizian, Roger David Norcross, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Naphthylacetic acids
    Patent number: 8188090
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with the compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein X, Q and R1-R3 are defined in the detailed description and claims. The invention is also concerned with the compounds of formula Z: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1-R3 are defined in the detailed description and claims. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing and using the compounds of formula I and Z as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds of formula I and Z are antagonists or partial agonists at the CRTH2 receptor and may be useful in treating diseases and disorders associated with that receptor such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Fariborz Firooznia, Tai-An Lin, Sung-Sau So, Baoxia Wang, HongYing Yun
  • 2-aminoquinolines
    Patent number: 8188284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods for their manufacture. These compounds are 5-HT5A receptor antagonists and are useful in the prevention and/or treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, panic disorders, agoraphobia, social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, pain, memory disorders, dementia, disorders of eating behaviors, sexual dysfunction, sleep disorders, abuse of drugs, motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease, psychiatric disorders or gastrointestinal disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Claus Riemer, Olivier Roche, Lucinda Steward, Juergen Wichmann, Thomas Woltering
  • 3-amino-5-phenyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-[1,4]oxazines
    Patent number: 8188079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-Amino-5-phenyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-[1,4]oxazines of formula I having BACE1 and/or BACE2 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Siena Biotech S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Andreini, David Banner, Wolfgang Guba, Hans Hilpert, Harald Mauser, Alexander V. Mayweg, Robert Narquizian, Eoin Power, Mark Rogers-Evans, Massimiliano Travagli, Michela Valacchi, Thomas Woltering, Wolfgang Wostl
  • Tricyclic compounds
    Patent number: 8178689
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of formula I, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases and disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Ramakanth Sarabu
  • Bi-aryl aminotetralines
    Patent number: 8163781
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with the compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1-R5, A, B, Q, W, and X are defined in the detailed description and claims. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing and using the compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds of formula I are antagonists at the CRTH2 receptor and may be useful in treating diseases and disorders associated with that receptor such as asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Blanc, Li Chen, Fariborz Firooznia, Paul Gillespie, Robert Alan Goodnow, Jr., Yun He, Tai-An Lin, Sung-Sau So, HongYing Yun, Zhenshan Zhang
  • Proline derivatives
    Patent number: 8163793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1-R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Rubén Alvarez Sánchez, David Banner, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Uwe Grether, Wolfgang Haap, Peter Hartman, Guido Hartmann, Hans Hilpert, Holger Kuehne, Harald Mauser, Jean-Marc Plancher
  • Pseudoproline dipeptides
    Patent number: 8153815
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of pseudo proline dipeptides of the formula wherein R1 is a side chain of an alpha amino acid, R2 is an amino protecting group and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen or C1-4-alkyl, R5 is hydrogen or methyl starting from an amino acid derivative of the formula wherein R1 and R2 are as above. Pseudo proline dipeptides can be used as reversible protecting groups for Ser, Thr and Cys and thus are versatile tools in peptide chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Stefan Hildbrand
  • Quinolizidine and indolizidine derivatives
    Patent number: 8143273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I-A or I-B wherein X, R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomer thereof. The compounds of formulas I-A and I-B are good inhibitors of the glycine transporter 1 (GlyT-1), and have a good selectivity to glycine transporter 2 (GlyT-2) inhibitors, suitable in the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Substituted benzene compounds as modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor
    Patent number: 8138189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R.sup.1a to R.sup.1e and R.sup.2 to R.sup.5 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are glucocorticoid receptor antagonists useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, adrenal imbalance or depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Hunziker, Chrisitan Lerner, Werner Mueller, Ulrike Obst Sander, Philippe Pflieger, Pius Waldmeier
  • Imidazolone and imidazoloidinone derivatives as 11b-HSD1 inhibitors
    Patent number: 8129423
    Abstract: Compounds of formula as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1 to R6 have the significance given in claim 1 can be used in the form of pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Kurt Amrein, Daniel Hunziker, Bernd Kuhn, Alexander V. Mayweg, Werner Neidhart, Tadakatsu Takahashi
  • Purification and characterization of cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor and monoclonal antibodies thereto
    Patent number: 8110187
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel cytokine protein called IL-12 or Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Maturation Factor (CLMF) which is produced and synthesized by human NC-37 B lymphoblastoid cells (American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md.). CLMF synergistically induces with low concentrations of IL-2 the cytolytic activity of Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) cells, and CLMF is capable of stimulating T-cell growth. Also claimed are the cloned gene for CLMF, its recombination in a suitable vector, the transformed cells containing said vector, the recombinant protein produced by the transformed cells and antibodies to CLMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice Kent Gately, Ulrich Andreas Gubler, Jeffrey David Hulmes, Frank John Podlaski, Alvin Seth Stern, Richard Anthony Chizzonite, Yu-Ching Eugene Pan
  • METHOD FOR AVOIDING GLASS FOGGING
    Publication number: 20120018338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a glass container having a contact angle of more than about 10° for preventing glass fogging during freeze drying of a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutic agent and a surfactant. The respective glass container and a method for freeze drying the pharmaceutical composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Isabelle Bauer Dauphin, Hanns-Christian Mahler
  • Spiroindolinone pyrrolidines
    Patent number: 8088815
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y and R1 to R8 are described herein along with the enantiomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Qingjie Ding, Bradford James Graves, Nan Jiang, Jing Zhang, Zhuming Zhang
  • Leukotriene B4 inhibitors
    Patent number: 8088936
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Romyr Dominique, Robert Alan Goodnow, Jr., Agnieszka Kowalczyk, Qi Qiao, Achyutharao Sidduri, Jefferson Wright Tilley
  • Spiropiperidine derivatives
    Patent number: 8084609
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel spiro-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. The compounds of present invention are described with formula (I) wherein R1 to R5, R5?, R7 to R9, R7?, R8?, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Carbocyclic GlyT-1 receptor antagonists
    Patent number: 8080541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers for the treatment of psychoses, pain, dysfunction in memory and learning, attention deficit, schizophrenia, dementia disorders or Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Indoles
    Patent number: 8076360
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel indol-2-yl-carbonyl-piperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the prevention and/or treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. Present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R6, R8 to R14, R12?, R13?, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider
  • Indoles
    Patent number: 8071622
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel indol-2-yl-carbonyl-piperidin-benzoimidazolon and indol-2-yl-carbonyl-piperidin-benzoxazolon derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. In particular, the present invention concerns compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 to R11, X and Y are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Christophe Grundschober, Raffaello Masciadri, Hasane Ratni, Mark Rogers-Evans, Patrick Schnider