Abstract: A device for dispensing individual doses of powder from respective pockets of a disc-shaped carrier by outwardly rupturing a lidding foil by means of pressure on an opposite side surface, the device providing individual respective deaggregation flow paths for each pocket, split airstreams allowing improved entrainment of powder, a cam mechanism for outwardly rupturing the pockets, an indexing mechanism linked to the cam mechanism and a dose counter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2004
Date of Patent:
May 22, 2012
Assignee:
Pfizer Ltd.
Inventors:
Peter John Houzego, John Kelshaw Conway, Martin Douglas Pearl, Andrew Mark Bryant
Abstract: Described herein is pyrrolo{2,3-d}pyrimidine compounds, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing this compounds, and methods for the preparation of these compounds.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 30, 2012
Publication date:
May 17, 2012
Applicant:
PFIZER INC.
Inventors:
Mark J. Mitton-Fry, Pamela J. Berlinski, Matthew J. Birchmeier, Jerry W. Bowman, Andrea Joy Gonzales, Steven Glenn Kamerling, Donald Wayne Mann
Abstract: The present invention is directed to the tosylate salt of trans-N-isobutyl-3-fluoro-3-[3-fluoro-4-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)-phenyl]-cyclobutanecarboxamide Formula (I): to solvates (e.g., hydrates) thereof, to polymorphs thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions thereof and to a method of treating depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit disorder (ADD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychotic disorders, sleep disorders, obesity, dizziness, epilepsy, motion sickness, respiratory diseases, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion, allergic congestion, congestion, hypotension, cardiovascular disease, diseases of the GI tract, hyper- and hypo-motility and acidic secretion of the gastro-intestinal tract comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount thereof.
Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted pyridylmethyl bicyclocarboxamide compounds and to their use in therapy. These compounds are particularly useful as modulators of the VR1 (Type I Vanilloid) receptor, and are thus useful for the treatment of pain, neuralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, burns, migraine, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, neuritis, sciatica, pelvic hypersensitivity, bladder disease, inflammation, or the like in mammals, especially humans.
Abstract: Provided are compounds that are modulators of CCR9 receptor activity, compositions containing the compounds and methods of use of the compounds and compositions. In certain embodiments, provided are methods for treating or ameliorating diseases associated with modulation of CCR9 receptor activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 15, 2012
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Eric C Anderson, Ronald J Biediger, Jie Chen, Brian Dupre, Pedro Lory, Robert V. Market, Keith A. Monk, Michael M. Savage, Reginald Tennyson, Brandon M. Young
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 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 (including in particular diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy or neuropathy), cancer, ischemia, inflammation, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and dermatological disease pression, viral diseases, inflammatory disorders, or diseases in which the liver is a target organ.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 6, 2012
Publication date:
May 3, 2012
Applicant:
Pfizer, Inc.
Inventors:
Iriny Botrous, Yufeng Hong, Hui Li, Kevin Kun-Chin Liu, Seiji Nukui, Min Teng, Eileen Valenzuela Tompkins, Chunfeng Yin
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inducing an immune response against Campylobacter in an avian species, especially a domesticated avian species such as chicken, turkey, duck, goose and quail, by administering, in ovo, live cells of Campylobacter.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 5, 2012
Publication date:
May 3, 2012
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Tonia Sue AGIN, Everett L. Rosey, Frederick H. Weber
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for inducing immune responses, including an antigen and a promiscuous T-cell epitope. Also provided are methods of inducing immune responses in hosts, comprising administering compositions comprising antigens and promiscuous T-cell epitopes to the host.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 3, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2012
Assignee:
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Inventors:
Leslie Hickle, Abraham Anderson, Robert C. Brown, Paul Budworth, Gordana Djordjevic, Scott Kroken, Peter Luginbuhl, Toby Richardson, Genevieve Hansen
Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to c-Met, preferably human c-Met, and that function to inhibit c-Met. The invention also relates to human anti-c-Met 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-c-Met antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human anti-c-Met 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-c-Met antibodies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 26, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2012
Assignees:
Amgen Fremont Inc., Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Neil R. Michaud, Shama Kajiji, Gary Borzillo, Vahe Bedian, Kevin Coleman, Larry L. Green, Xiao-Chi Jia
Abstract: This invention is directed toward monoclonal antibodies that bind specifically to Notch1. In one embodiment, the antibodies binds to at least a first epitope and a second epitope, wherein the first epitope resides with the LinA domain of the Notch1 negative regulatory region (NRR), and the second epitope resides within the HD-C domain of the Notch1 NRR.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 16, 2010
Publication date:
April 19, 2012
Applicant:
PFIZER INC
Inventors:
Kang Li, Ping Wei, Qinghai Peng, John Andrew Lippincott, Donna Marie Stone, Zdenek Hostomsky
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:
December 21, 2011
Publication date:
April 19, 2012
Applicant:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Hengmiao (Henry) CHENG, Xiao HU, Kenvin D. JEROME, Mark OBUKOWICZ, Lisa OLSON, Paul V. RUCKER, Ronald Keith WEBBER
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:
Grant
Filed:
May 8, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2012
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Hengmiao Cheng, Xiao Hu, Kevin D. Jerome, Mark G. Obukowicz, Lisa Maria Olson, Paul V. Rucker, Ronald Keith Webber
Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I). These compounds are useful for the treatment of disease conditions caused by overactivation of the VR1 receptor such as pain, or the like in mammal. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above compound.
Abstract: This invention is directed to a compound of formula I, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula I, a process of preparation of a compound of formula I, a method of treatment of a disorder or condition that may be treated by antagonizing histamine H3 receptors, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above, and a method of treatment of a disorder or condition selected from the group consisting of depression, mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychotic disorders, cognitive disorders, sleep disorders, obesity, dizziness, epilepsy, motion sickness, respiratory diseases, allergy, allergy-induced airway responses, allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion, allergic congestion, congestion, hypotension, cardiovascular disease, diseases of the GI tract, hyper and hypo motility and
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 2006
Date of Patent:
April 17, 2012
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Travis T. Wager, Ramalakshmi Y Chandrasekaran, Todd William Butler
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:
May 8, 2009
Publication date:
April 12, 2012
Applicant:
Pfizer, Inc.
Inventors:
Hengmiao (Henry) Cheng, Xiao Hu, Kevin D. Jerome, Mark Obukowicz, Lisa Olson, Paul V. Rucker, Ronald Keith Webber
Abstract: Compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: Formula (I). The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 10, 2007
Publication date:
April 12, 2012
Applicants:
PFIZER INC., RENOVIS, INC.
Inventors:
Yuji Shishido, Kazunari Nakao, Satoshi Nagayama, Hirotaka Tanaka, Matthew Alexander James Duncton, Matthew Cox, John Kincaid, Kiran Sahasrabudhe, Maria de Los Angeles Estiarte-Martinez
Abstract: The present invention relates to a Factor Xa inhibitor dosage form comprising apixaban in a solubility-improved form wherein the dosage form provides controlled release of apixaban and methods for preventing or treating venous thromboembolisms, deep vein thrombosis and acute coronary syndrome with said dosage form.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 15, 2010
Publication date:
April 12, 2012
Applicants:
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, PFIZER INC.
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 12, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2012
Assignees:
Pfizer Limited, Icagen, Inc.
Inventors:
Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
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.
Abstract: Oligonucleotides containing unthylated CpG dinucleotides and therapeutic utilities based on their ability to stimulate an immune response in a subject are disclosed. Also disclosed are therapies for treating diseases associated with immune system activation that are initiated by unthylated CpG dinucleotides in a subject comprising administering to the subject oligonucleotides that do not contain unmethylated CpG sequences (i.e. methylated CpG sequences or no CpG sequence) to outcompete unmethylated CpG nucleic acids for binding. Further disclosed are methylated CpG containing dinucleotides for use antisense therapies or as in vivo hybridization probes, and immunoinhibitory oligonucleotides for use as antiviral therapeutics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2004
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2012
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, University of Iowa Research Foundation, Pfizer Inc.
Inventors:
Arthur M. Krieg, Dennis Klinman, Alfred D. Steinberg