Patents Assigned to Pfizer
  • Patent number: 8232269
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent H, halogen, CF3, C1-3 alkyl or C1-3 alkoxy; R3 represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, phenyl (optionally substituted by one or more substituents each independently selected from Ra) or Het (optionally substituted by one or more substituents each independently selected from OH, oxo, or C1-4 alkyl); R4 represents H or C1-3 alkyl; R5 represents C1-6 alkyl (optionally substituted by one or more substituents each independently selected from Rb), C3-6 cycloalkyl (optionally substituted by one or more substituents each independently selected from oxo or OH), or Het2 (optionally substituted by one or more substituents each independently selected from Rd); oxygen atom or 1 sulphur atom, or (c) 1 oxygen atom or 1 sulphur atom, (optionally substituted by one or more substituents each independently selected from OH, oxo or C1-4 alkyl); and R6 represents C1-3 alkyl (optionally substitu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Richard Gibson, Martin Peter Green, Toby James Underwood, Florian Wakenhut
  • Patent number: 8232394
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and intermediates useful for the synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine compounds. Specifically novel synthetic methods and intermediates for the synthesis of 3-{(3R,4R)-4-methyl-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-amino}-piperidin-1-yl)-3-oxo-propionitrile and its corresponding citrate salt are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Sally Gut Ruggeri, Joel M. Hawkins, Teresa M. Makowski, Jennifer L. Rutherford, Frank J. Urban
  • Patent number: 8226951
    Abstract: The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating bone cancer pain including cancer pain associated with bone metastasis by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Shelton, Patrick William Mantyh
  • Patent number: 8227229
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Codexis, Inc., Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James LaLonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Patent number: 8227475
    Abstract: The invention comprises (1) anhydrous crystalline forms of N-[1-(2-ethoxyethyl)-5-(N-ethyl-N-methylamino)-7-(4-methylpyridin-2-yl-amino)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine-3-carbonyl]methanesulfonamide, (2) pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one such form, (3) methods for the treatment of a phosphodiesterase-5-mediated condition using at least one such form, and (4) methods for preparing such forms. The compound N-[1-(2-ethoxyethyl)-5-(N-ethyl-N-methylamino)-7-(4-methylpyridin-2-yl-amino)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine-3-carbonyl]methanesulfonamide has the following structure (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: David Andrew Entwistle, Peter Vallance Marshall, Stefan Colin John Taylor
  • Patent number: 8222273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymorphic form B of ?/-[3-tert-butyl-1-(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]-N-{2-[(3-{2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfanyl]phenyl}[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridin-6-yl)sulfanyl]benzyl}urea (I) as de-fined herein. This polymorph is useful in the treatment of various conditions, particularly in the treatment of inflammatory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventor: Kenneth John Butcher
  • Patent number: 8217057
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymorphs of (R)-3-[1-(2,6-Dichloro-3-fluoro-phenyl)-ethoxy]-5-(1-piperidin-4-yl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-pyridin-2-ylamine that are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals. This invention also relates to compositions including such salts and polymorphs, and to methods of using such compositions in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals, especially humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Jingrong Jean Cui, Michelle Bich Tran-Dubé
  • Publication number: 20120165343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, A3, A4, L, B1, B2, B3 and B4 are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I have been found to act as glucagon antagonists or inverse agonists. Consequently, the compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions mediated by glucagon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Erik Aspnes, Mary Theresa Didiuk, Kevin James Filipski, Angel Guzman-Perez, Jeffrey Allen Pfefferkorn, Benjamin Dawson Stevens, Meihua Mike Tu
  • Patent number: 8207198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazoles of formula (I), uses thereof, processes for the preparation thereof and compositions containing said compounds. These inhibitors have utility in a variety of therapeutic areas including sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Andrew Antony Calabrese, David Ellis
  • Publication number: 20120157502
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: or salt thereof, which are modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor. The compounds and salts of the invention are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by glucocorticoid receptor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Paul V. RUCKER
  • Publication number: 20120157471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1A, R1B, R1C, R2, R3, R4, R5, RA, RB, RC and X are as defined herein. These novel benzimidazole derivatives are useful in therapy, in particular for treating diseases or conditions mediated by SMO, including the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals. This invention also relates to a method of using such compounds in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals, especially humans, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Sajiv Krishnan Nair, Simon Paul Planken, Michael Bruno Plewe, William Francois Vernier, Yi Yang, Huichun Zhu
  • Patent number: 8201590
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for filling with powder (4) a container (8) having an open end, including positioning an outlet of a hopper (2) containing powder above the open end of the container (8), mechanically agitating the hopper so as to cause powder (4) to be transferred from the hopper to the container and mechanically agitating the container, wherein the steps of mechanically agitating are conducted by at least a predetermined amount sufficient to ensure that the container is filled with powder at a predetermined density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer, Limited
    Inventor: Peter John Houzego
  • Publication number: 20120148597
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided fully human monoclonal antibodies against human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4). Nucleotide sequences encoding and amino acid sequences comprising heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the complementarity determining regions (CDRs), specifically from within FR1 and/or CDR1 through CDR3 and/or within FR4, are provided. Further provided are antibodies having similar binding properties and antibodies (or other antagonists) having similar functionality as antibodies disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicants: Pfizer Inc., Amgen Fremont Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Charles Hanson, Mark Joseph Neveu, Eileen Elliott Mueller, Jeffrey Herbert Hanke, Steven Christopher Gilman, C. Geoffrey Davis, Jose Ramon Corvalan
  • Patent number: 8198251
    Abstract: Immunostimulatory oligonucleotides, which contain a CpG immunostimulatory motif and a second motif that is capable of forming secondary structure, including duplex and higher order structures in vitro and in vivo, are disclosed. They include nucleic acids, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, having base sequences that include 5? TCGTCGTTTTCGGCGCGCGCCGT 3? (SEQ ID NO: 1), in which each C is unmethylated and 3? refers to the 3? end of the nucleic acid. The oligonucleotides activate B cells and NK cells and induce expression of type I interferon and interferon-?. The oligonucleotides are useful for treating a variety of disorders and conditions, including allergy, asthma, infection, and cancer. In addition to their use as single agents and as combination therapies, the disclosed oligonucleotides are useful as adjuvants in vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Coley Pharmaceutical GmbH, Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., Pfizer Inc
    Inventors: Jorg Vollmer, Eugen Uhlmann, Arthur M. Krieg, Douglas C. Hanson, Ulrike Samulowitz
  • Patent number: 8198298
    Abstract: Compounds which are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed; these compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases caused by and/or associated with an altered protein kinase activity such as cancer, cell proliferative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, viral infections, auto-immune diseases and neurodegenerative disorders; also disclosed is a process under SPS conditions for preparing the compounds of the invention and chemical libraries comprising a plurality of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Barbara Salom, Matteo D'Anello, Maria Gabriella Brasca, Patrizia Giordano, Katia Martina, Dania Tesei, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, William John Trigg, Edward Andrew Boyd, Jonathan Anthony Larard
  • Publication number: 20120142749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid salt forms of the 3-pyrrole substituted 2-indolinone compound 5-[5-fluoro-2-oxo-1, 2-dihydro-indol-(3Z)-ylidenemethyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid (2-pirrolidin-1-yl-ethyl)-amide. It also relates to polymorphs of the phosphate salt of the amide. The invention further relates to the use of the salts and polymorphs in the treatment of protein kinase related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: PFIZER PRODUCTS INC., PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Changquan C. Sun, Michael Hawley
  • Patent number: 8188235
    Abstract: Antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to human IL-6 are provided. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and antigen binding portions, methods of making such antibodies and antigen binding portions, compositions comprising such antibodies or antigen binding portions, and uses of such antibodies or antigen binding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Pfizer Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Arvind Rajpal, Madhav Devalaraja, Kristopher Toy, Lan Yang, Haichun Huang, Jun Zhang, Peter Brams, Brigitte Devaux, David B. Passmore
  • Patent number: 8183255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formulas A and B: (A) and (B) wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are as defined above. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and to methods of treating diabetes mellitus and its complications, cancer, ischemia, inflammation, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and dermatological disease pression, virus diseases, inflammatory disorders, or diseases in which the liver is a target organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Seiji Nukui, Stephanie Anne Scales, Min Teng, Chunfeng Yin
  • Patent number: 8183238
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula X: wherein A, X, Y, Z, R5, R6a, and R6b are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are described as useful for the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders in mammals, including humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle M. Claffey, Amy B. Dounay, Matthew M. Hayward, Suobao Rong, Patrick R. Verhoest, Jamison B. Tuttle, Xinmin Gan
  • Patent number: 8183230
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing a therapeutically effective amount of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (“API”), a pharmaceutically acceptable cyclodextrin and a pharmaceutically acceptable preservative. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds of Formula (I) wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl and tert-butyl and a pharmaceutically acceptable cyclodextrin and preservative. Formula (I): In particular, the invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions of the compound of Formula 1a, and a pharmaceutically acceptable cyclodextrin and a preservative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Roger C. Adami, Frederick David, Julia Ann Wood