Patents Assigned to Pozen Inc.
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Patent number: 9987231Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: POZEN INC.Inventor: John R. Plachetka
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Patent number: 9801827Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Pozen Inc.Inventors: John Plachetka, Donna Gilbert
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Patent number: 9801824Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignees: Pozen Inc., Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.Inventors: Brian Ault, Everardus Orlemans, John R. Plachetka, Mark Sostek
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Patent number: 9707181Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Pozen Inc.Inventor: John R. Plachetka
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Publication number: 20170105938Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: POZEN INC.Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
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Publication number: 20170095422Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: Pozen Inc.Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
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Publication number: 20170071861Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicants: POZEN INC., HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.Inventors: Brian AULT, Everardus ORLEMANS, John R. PLACHETKA, Mark SOSTEK
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Patent number: 9539214Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Pozen Inc.Inventor: John R. Plachetka
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Publication number: 20160243045Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: Pozen Inc.Inventors: John PLACHETKA, Donna GILBERT
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Patent number: 9393208Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: Pozen Inc., Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.Inventors: Brian Ault, Everardus Orlemans, John R. Plachetka, Mark Sostek
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Publication number: 20160166558Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicants: POZEN INC., HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.Inventors: Brian AULT, Clara HWANG, Everardus Orlemans, John R. PLACHETKA, Mark SOSTEK
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Patent number: 9364439Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Pozen Inc.Inventor: John R. Plachetka
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Patent number: 9345695Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Pozen Inc.Inventor: John R. Plachetka
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Publication number: 20160106678Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicants: POZEN INC., HORIZON PHARMA USA, INC.Inventors: Brian AULT, Everardus ORLEMANS, John R. PLACHETKA, Mark SOSTEK
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Publication number: 20160089337Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: Pozen Inc.Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
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Publication number: 20160074376Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Pozen Inc.Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA
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Patent number: 9265732Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Pozen Inc.Inventors: John Plachetka, Donna Gilbert
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Patent number: 9220698Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignees: Pozen Inc., Horizon Pharma USA, Inc.Inventors: Brian Ault, Mark Sostek, Everardus Orlemans, John R. Plachetka
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Patent number: 9198888Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: POZEN INC.Inventor: John R. Plachetka
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Publication number: 20150297543Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: POZEN INC.Inventor: John R. PLACHETKA