Abstract: The invention provides CARs (CARs) that specifically bind to BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen). The invention further relates to engineered immune cells comprising such CARs, CAR-encoding nucleic acids, and methods of making such CARs, engineered immune cells, and nucleic acids. The invention further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these CARs and engineered immune cells for the treatment of a condition associated with malignant cells expressing BCMA (e.g., cancer).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 30, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2019
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Tracy Chia-Chien Kuo, Bijan Andre Boldajipour, Javier Fernando Chaparro Riggers, Philippe Duchateau, Roman Galetto, Alexandre Juillerat, Thomas Charles Pertel, Arvind Rajpal, Barbra Johnson Sasu, Cesar Adolfo Sommer, Julien Valton, Thomas John Van Blarcom
Abstract: The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating and/or preventing metabolic disorders, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes, in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 10, 2019
Publication date:
May 16, 2019
Applicants:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Ramachandra G. Naik, Elizabeth S. Ommen, James Michael Rusnak, Steven G. Terra
Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting ROR? activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 30, 2019
Publication date:
May 16, 2019
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Edward Schnute, Gõran Mattias Wennerstål, James Robert Blinn, Neelu Kaila, James Richard Kiefer, JR., Scot Richard Mente, Ravi G. Kurumbail, Marvin Jay Meyers, Atli Thorarensen, Li Xing, Christoph Wolfgang Zapf, Edouard Zamaratski, Andrew Christopher Flick, Peter Jones
Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating cancer in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of the interaction between the PD-1 receptor and its ligand PD-L1.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 22, 2017
Publication date:
May 16, 2019
Applicants:
MERCK PATENT GMBH, PFIZER INC.
Inventors:
Dimitry NUYTEN, Alexei MOROZOV, Adrian WOOLFSON, Aron THALL, Kevin CHIN, Satjit BRAR
Abstract: The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating and/or preventing metabolic disorders, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes, in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present invention also relates to methods for preventing neuronal damage following the incidence of ischemic stroke and close-head traumatic brain injury in animals comprising the step of administering to an animal, in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2015
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2019
Assignees:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Ramachandra G. Naik, Elizabeth S. Ommen, James Michael Rusnak, Steven G. Terra
Abstract: The present disclosure provides isolated binding molecules that bind to the human OX40R, nucleic acid molecules encoding an amino acid sequence of the binding molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells containing the vectors, methods of making the binding molecules, pharmaceutical compositions containing the binding molecules, and methods of using the binding molecules or compositions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 11, 2019
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicants:
Pfizer Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Inventors:
Jing MIN, Yanli WU, Rory F. FINN, Barrett R. THIELE, Wei LIAO, Ronald P. GLADUE, Arvind RAJPAL, Timothy J. PARADIS, Peter BRAMS, Brigitte DEVAUX, Yi WU, Kristopher TOY, Heidi N. LEBLANC, Haichun HUANG
Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of general Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in which R1, R2 , R2A , R2B, R3, R4, R5A, R5B, R6, R7, R8, R9, p, q and r are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 17, 2019
Publication date:
May 9, 2019
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Douglas Carl Behenna, Ping Chen, Kevin Daniel Freeman-Cook, Robert Louis Hoffman, Mehran Jalaie, Asako Nagata, Sajiv Krishnan Nair, Sacha Ninkovic, Martha Alicia Ornelas, Cynthia Louise Palmer, Eugene Yuanjin Rui
Abstract: The present invention relates to stable and high-producing site-specific integration (SSI) host cells, e. g. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-derived host cells, methods to produce and to use them.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 20, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignees:
LONZA BIOLOGICS PLC, PFIZER INC.
Inventors:
James Rance, Robert Young, Michael J. Agostino, Mark Moffat, Lin Zhang, Baohong Zhang
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymorphic forms of 8-fluoro-2-{4-[(methylamino)methyl]phenyl}-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-6H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indol-6-one, and to processes for their preparation. Such polymorphic forms may be a component of a pharmaceutical composition and may be used to treat a mammalian disease condition mediated by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity including the disease condition such as cancer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Patricia Ann Basford, Anthony Michael Campeta, Adam Gillmore, Matthew Cameron Jones, Eleftherios Kougoulos, Suman Luthra, Robert Walton
Abstract: The present invention relates to stable and high-producing site-specific integration (SSI) host cells, e. g. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-derived host cells, methods to produce and to use them.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 31, 2018
Publication date:
April 25, 2019
Applicants:
LONZA BIOLOGICS PLC, PFIZER INC.
Inventors:
James RANCE, Robert YOUNG, Michael J. AGOSTINO, Mark MOFFAT, Lin ZHANG, Baohong ZHANG
Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a process for preparing therapeutic nanoparticles, where the process includes combining a therapeutic agent with a substantially hydrophobic acid having at least some water solubility. The therapeutic nanoparticles may have, for example, improved drug loading and/or drug release properties.
Abstract: Provided herein are 6-carboxylic acids of benzimidazoles and 4-aza-, 5-aza-, 7-aza- and 4,7-diaza-benzimidazoles as GLP-1R agonists, processes to make said compounds, and methods comprising administering said compounds to a mammal in need thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2018
Publication date:
April 25, 2019
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Gary Erik Aspnes, Scott W. Bagley, John M. Curto, Matthew S. Dowling, David Edmonds, Mark E. Flanagan, Kentaro Futatsugi, David A. Griffith, Kim Huard, Gajendra Ingle, Wenhua Jiao, Chris Limberakis, Alan M. Mathiowetz, David W. Piotrowski, Roger B. Ruggeri
Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the BTK inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseeases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2019
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
John Robert Springer, Balekudru Devadas, Danny James Garland, Margaret Lanahan Grapperhaus, Seungil Han, Susan Landis Hockerman, Robert Owen Hughes, Eddine Saiah, Mark Edward Schnute, Shaun Raj Selness, Daniel Patrick Walker, Zhao-Kui Wan, Li Xing, Christoph Wolfgang Zapf, Michelle Ann Schmidt
Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to nanoparticles comprising a substantially hydrophobic acid, a basic therapeutic agent having a protonatable nitrogen, and a polymer. Other aspects include methods of making and using such nanoparticles.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 7, 2018
Publication date:
April 18, 2019
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Maria Figueiredo, Erick Peeke, David Dewitt, Christina Van Geen Hoven, Greg Troiano, James Wright, Yong-ho Song, Hong Wang
Abstract: Compounds of the general formula): processes for the preparation of these compounds, compositions containing these compounds, and the uses of these compounds.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 18, 2018
Publication date:
April 18, 2019
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
John Howard Tatlock, Indrawan James McAlpine, Michelle Bich Tran-Dube, Eugene Yuanjin Rui, Martin James Wythes, Robert Arnold Kumpf, Michele Ann McTigue, Ryan Patman
Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to MAdCAM, preferably human MAdCAM and that function to inhibit MAdCAM. The invention also relates to human anti-MAdCAM antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human anti-MAdCAM antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-MAdCAM antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-MAdCAM antibodies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2019
Assignees:
Pfizer, Inc., Amgen Fremont, Inc.
Inventors:
Nicholas Pullen, Elizabeth Molloy, Sirid-Aimee Kellermann, Larry L. Green, Mary Haak-Frendscho
Abstract: The invention provides Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) that specifically bind to EGFRvIII (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III). The invention further relates to engineered immune cells comprising such CARs, CAR-encoding nucleic acids, and methods of making thereof, engineered immune cells, and nucleic acids. The invention further relates to therapeutic methods for using these CARs and engineered immune cells for the treatment of EGFRvIII-mediated pathologies, including cancers such as glioblastoma.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2019
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Oi Kwan Wong, Joyce Ching Chou, Mathilde Brunnhilde Dusseaux, Julianne Smith, Barbra Johnson Sasu
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical aqueous formulation comprising 1-(4-{[4-(dimethylamino)piperidin-1-yl]carbonyl}phenyl)-3-[4-(4,6-dimorpholin-4-yl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)phenyl]urea, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that is a clear solution. Such a formulation is particularly suitable for intravenous or parenteral administration to a patient.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 13, 2018
Publication date:
April 11, 2019
Applicant:
PFIZER INC.
Inventors:
Kevin Richard Back, Michael Cram, Aidan James Harper, W. James Huang, Jonathan Richard Lillis, Timothy Michael Lukas, Sumit Luthra
Abstract: Provided herein are substituted 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes as ketohexokinase inhibitors, processes to make said compounds, and methods comprising administering said compounds to a mammal in need thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 6, 2018
Publication date:
April 11, 2019
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Matthew Dowling, Dilinie Fernando, Kentaro Futatsugi, Kim Huard, Thomas Victor Magee, Brian Raymer, Andre Shavnya, Aaron Smith, Benjamin Thuma, Andy Tsai, Meihua Tu