Patents Assigned to Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10512611
    Abstract: Capsular dosage forms containing polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) compositions are provided herein. In certain embodiments, unit dosage forms comprising a plurality of millicapsules containing a PUFA composition therein are provided as well as their methods of use and manufacture. In certain embodiments, capsular dosage forms are provided herein that include a unit dosage form comprising a plurality of millicapsules containing a polyunsaturated free fatty acid substantially in free acid form. In some embodiments, the PUFA composition is Epanova®.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Omthera Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Hironori Kubota, Etienne Thierry Charles Rogeau, Tohru Amemiya, Julien Georges Meissonnier, Anders Gillis Holmén, Andreas Rådevik, Hans Carlsson, Bengt Staffan Schantz
  • Publication number: 20180325829
    Abstract: Capsular dosage forms containing polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) compositions are provided herein. In certain embodiments, unit dosage forms comprising a plurality of millicapsules containing a PUFA composition therein are provided as well as their methods of use and manufacture. In certain embodiments, capsular dosage forms are provided herein that include a unit dosage form comprising a plurality of millicapsules containing a polyunsaturated free fatty acid substantially in free acid form. In some embodiments, the PUFA composition is Epanova®.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: OMTHERA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
    Inventors: Hironori KUBOTA, Etienne Thierry CHARLES ROGEAU, Toru AMEMIYA, Julien Georges MEISSONNIER, Anders Gillis HOLMÉN, Andreas RÅDEVIK, Hans CARLSSON
  • Patent number: 10117844
    Abstract: DPA-enriched pharmaceutical compositions of polyunsaturated fatty acids in free acid form, therapeutic methods for their use, and processes for refining the compositions from fish oil are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chrysalis Pharma AG
    Inventors: Timothy J. Maines, Bernardus N. Machielse, Bharat M. Mehta, Gerald L. Wisler, Michael H. Davidson, Peter Ralph Wood
  • Patent number: 9492545
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions of statins and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), in which the statins are dissolved in the PUFAs, the PUFA species being present substantially in the free acid form. Also provided are oral unit dosage forms of the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating blood lipid disorders using the compositions and oral unit dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Omthera Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardus Nicolaas Machielse, Timothy J. Maines, Michael H. Davidson, Bharat M. Mehta
  • Patent number: 9050309
    Abstract: DPA-enriched pharmaceutical compositions of polyunsaturated fatty acids in free acid form, therapeutic methods for their use, and processes for refining the compositions from fish oil are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chrysalis Pharma AG
    Inventors: Timothy J. Maines, Bernardus N M Machielse, Bharat M. Mehta, Gerald L. Wisler, Michael H. Davidson, Peter Ralph Wood
  • Patent number: 9050308
    Abstract: DPA-enriched pharmaceutical compositions of polyunsaturated fatty acids in free acid form, therapeutic methods for their use, and processes for refining the compositions from fish oil are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chrysalis Pharma AG
    Inventors: Timothy J. Maines, Bernardus N M Machielse, Bharat M. Mehta, Gerald L. Wisler, Michael H. Davidson, Peter Ralph Wood
  • Publication number: 20140316003
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of identifying subjects who are suffering from, or are susceptible to developing, ADHD. The methods comprise determining whether the subject is an efficient converter of medium chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Also provided are methods of treating ADHD in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition comprising long chain omega-3 fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Davidson, Gerald L. Wisler
  • Publication number: 20130209556
    Abstract: DPA-enriched pharmaceutical compositions of polyunsaturated fatty acids in free acid form, therapeutic methods for their use, and processes for refining the compositions from fish oil are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicants: Chrysalis Pharma AG, Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chrysalis Pharma AG
  • Publication number: 20130177643
    Abstract: DPA-enriched pharmaceutical compositions of polyunsaturated fatty acids in free acid form, therapeutic methods for their use, and processes for refining the compositions from fish oil are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicants: Chrysalis Pharma AG, Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Chrysalis Pharma AG
  • Publication number: 20130095179
    Abstract: Methods of identifying subjects who are resistant to antiplatelet therapy, such as therapy with clopidogrel, are presented. The methods comprise determining is whether the subject is an efficient converter of medium chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Also provided are methods of treating resistance to antiplatelet therapy in subjects who are efficient converters of medium chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising adjunctively administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition comprising omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Improved methods of antiplatelet therapy are provided, wherein the improvement comprises adjunctive administration of a composition comprising omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in free acid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Davidson, Gerald L. Wisler