Patents Assigned to Pozen Inc.
  • Patent number: 9987231
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising acetylsalicylic acid, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and omeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: POZEN INC.
    Inventor: John R. Plachetka
  • Patent number: 9801827
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dosage forms that can be used in therapeutic methods involving the oral co-administration of a combination of at least two drugs, one of which impairs gastrointestinal absorption and one of which does not. The dosage forms are designed so that the drug impairing absorption is not released into the gastrointestinal tract of a patient until after the drugs that do not impair absorption have been released and substantially absorbed. The invention may be used in treatment of migraine using a combination of triptans and NSAIDs or in the treatment of pain using a combination of NSAIDs and opioid analgesics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Pozen Inc.
    Inventors: John Plachetka, Donna Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9801824
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising naproxen, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and esomeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Pozen Inc., Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ault, Everardus Orlemans, John R. Plachetka, Mark Sostek
  • Patent number: 9707181
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Plachetka
  • Publication number: 20170105938
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising acetylsalicylic acid, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and omeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: POZEN INC.
    Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
  • Publication number: 20170095422
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
  • Publication number: 20170071861
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising naproxen, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and esomeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: POZEN INC., HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian AULT, Everardus ORLEMANS, John R. PLACHETKA, Mark SOSTEK
  • Patent number: 9539214
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising acetylsalicylic acid, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and omeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Plachetka
  • Publication number: 20160243045
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dosage forms that can be used in therapeutic methods involving the oral co-administration of a combination of at least two drugs, one of which impairs gastrointestinal absorption and one of which does not. The dosage forms are designed so that the drug impairing absorption is not released into the gastrointestinal tract of a patient until after the drugs that do not impair absorption have been released and substantially absorbed. The invention may be used in treatment of migraine using a combination of triptans and NSAIDs or in the treatment of pain using a combination of NSAIDs and opioid analgesics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Pozen Inc.
    Inventors: John PLACHETKA, Donna GILBERT
  • Patent number: 9393208
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising naproxen, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and esomeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: Pozen Inc., Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ault, Everardus Orlemans, John R. Plachetka, Mark Sostek
  • Publication number: 20160166558
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for treating a disease or disorder in a patient at risk of developing an NSAID-associated ulcer by administering to said patient in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising naproxen, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and esomeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to said at risk patient and thereby decreasing the patient's risk of developing an ulcer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: POZEN INC., HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian AULT, Clara HWANG, Everardus Orlemans, John R. PLACHETKA, Mark SOSTEK
  • Patent number: 9364439
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Plachetka
  • Patent number: 9345695
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Plachetka
  • Publication number: 20160106678
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising naproxen, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and esomeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicants: POZEN INC., HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian AULT, Everardus ORLEMANS, John R. PLACHETKA, Mark SOSTEK
  • Publication number: 20160089337
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
  • Publication number: 20160074376
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
  • Patent number: 9265732
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to dosage forms that can be used in therapeutic methods involving the oral co-administration of a combination of at least two drugs, one of which impairs gastrointestinal absorption and one of which does not. The dosage forms are designed so that the drug impairing absorption is not released into the gastrointestinal tract of a patient until after the drugs that do not impair absorption have been released and substantially absorbed. The invention may be used in treatment of migraine using a combination of triptans and NSAIDs or in the treatment of pain using a combination of NSAIDs and opioid analgesics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Pozen Inc.
    Inventors: John Plachetka, Donna Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9220698
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising naproxen, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and esomeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: Pozen Inc., Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ault, Mark Sostek, Everardus Orlemans, John R. Plachetka
  • Patent number: 9198888
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: POZEN INC.
    Inventor: John R. Plachetka
  • Publication number: 20150297543
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: POZEN INC.
    Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA