Patents Assigned to Shionogi Inc.
  • Patent number: 10596118
    Abstract: An ospemifene solid dispersion for enhancing solubility and bioavailability, and methods of preparation thereof are disclosed. The solid dispersion comprises an active pharmaceutical ingredient, such as ospemifene, and a hydfophilie carrier, such as copovidone, hypromellose acetate succinate, polyvinylpyrrolidine, a polyvinylpyrrolidine/vinyl acetate co-polymer, hydroxyl propyl methylcellulose, hypromellose acetate succinate, a Eudragit® compound, hydroxypropylcellulose, a polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate polyethylene glycol graft co-polymer, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate, and mixtures thereof, and optionally a surfactant The ospemifene solid, dispersions can be used in methods of treating a symptom related, to menopause, such as vaginal dryness or sexual dysfunction, or in methods of treating osteoporosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Shionogi, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhengming Chen, Xiaoming Chen, Kevin Halloran
  • Patent number: 9144548
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours after the initial release of antibiotic. In one embodiment, there is a delayed release dosage form, as well as two or more delayed sustained release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Henry H. Flanner, Colin Rowlings
  • Patent number: 9125803
    Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical products for providing pulses of at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient from a patient's stomach, or from a subsequent gastrointestinal site proximal thereto, for absorption thereof at a site(s) more distal in the gastrointestinal tract than the patient's stomach, or than the subsequent gastrointestinal site proximal thereto. The product comprises first, second, and third pharmaceutical dosage forms, each of which comprises at least one pharmaceutically active agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The product is formulated such that at least two of the first, second, and third pharmaceutical dosage forms further comprise means for providing temporary gastric-retention of the at least two of the first, second, and third pharmaceutical dosage forms within the patient's stomach, or at the subsequent gastrointestinal site proximal thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Henry H. Flanner, Donald Treacy, Sanna Tolle-Sander, Scott Ibrahim, Marcus Schestopol, Beth A. Burnside
  • Patent number: 8889187
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least two dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as one or more delayed release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M Rudnic, James D Isbister, Donald J Treacy, Jr., Sandra E Wassink
  • Publication number: 20140212490
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical tablet comprising an immediate release portion containing an active ingredient and a delayed release portion, wherein the delayed release portion comprises an enteric-coated layer and within the enteric-coated layer there is at least one member selected from the group consisting of enteric-coated microparticle dosage forms containing an active ingredient and enteric-coated mini-tablet dosage forms containing an active ingredient, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SHIONOGI INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Cao, Sandra E. Wassink, Donald J. Treacy, JR., Beth A. Burnside, Colin E. Rowlings, John A. Bonck
  • Patent number: 8778924
    Abstract: An amoxicillin product comprising: at least one modified release component(s), wherein the at least one modified release component(s) comprises at least amoxicillin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and wherein when administered to a patient or subject in the fed state said amoxicillin product exhibits a pharmacokinetic profile for amoxicillin in the plasma characterized as follows: (1) the ratio of the portion of the AUC as measured from 2 hours post-administration to 5 hours post-administration to the portion of the AUC as measured from administration to 2 hours post-administration is at least 2.0:1; and (2) the ratio of the portion of the AUC as measured from 5 hours post-administration to 12 hours post-administration to the portion of the AUC as measured from administration to 2 hours post-administration is at least 1.1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Henry H. Flanner, Sanna Tolle-Sander, Donald Treacy, Beth A. Burnside, Susan P. Clausen
  • Patent number: 8758820
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for making robust pellets that contain a high percentage, by weight, of active drug agent, and which also contain additional components that enhance the absorption and solubility of the active drug agent within the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) without diminishing the robust nature of the pellet, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce X. Cao, Beth A. Burnside, Sandra E. Wassink, Matt R. Baker
  • Patent number: 8715727
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical tablet comprising an immediate release portion containing an active ingredient and a delayed release portion, wherein the delayed release portion comprises an enteric-coated layer and within the enteric-coated layer there is at least one member selected from the group consisting of enteric-coated microparticle dosage forms containing an active ingredient and enteric-coated mini-tablet dosage forms containing an active ingredient, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Cao, Sandra E. Wassink, Donald J. Treacy, Jr., Beth A. Burnside, Colin E. Rowlings, John A. Bonck
  • Patent number: 8460710
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosage forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours after the initial release of antibiotic. In one embodiment, there are two delayed release dosage forms, as well as a delayed sustained release dosage form, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Shionogi, Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Henry H. Flanner, Colin Rowlings
  • Patent number: 8425936
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as two or more sustained release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Henry H. Flanner, Colin Rowlings
  • Patent number: 8357394
    Abstract: Disclosed are once-a-day penicillin-type antibiotic products comprising at least one modified release dosage form comprising penicillin-type antibiotics and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, which compositions provide T>MIC90 in the serum for at least 5 hours (preferably for at least five consecutive hours), within a 24-hour dosing interval, for a given bacterial pathogen's MIC90, while providing a total dosage of the penicillin-type antibiotic for a 24-hour dosing interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Henry H. Flanner, Robert J. Guttendorf, Susan P. Clausen, Donald Treacy, Beth A. Burnside
  • Patent number: 8313776
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, a delayed release dosage form, and a sustained release dosage form, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Henry H. Flanner, Colin Rowlings
  • Patent number: 8313775
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, a sustained release dosage form, and a delayed release dosage form, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Henry H. Flanner, Colin Rowlings
  • Patent number: 8303988
    Abstract: An antifungal product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antifungal product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as two or more delayed release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Rudnic, James D. Isbister, Donald J. Treacy, Jr., Sandra E. Wassink
  • Patent number: 8299052
    Abstract: A process for treating a bacterial infection with an antibiotic, comprising: administering to a patient with a bacterial infection a product that includes a modified release dosage form containing an antibiotic, said product being administered once-a-day in a dosage and for a number of days that provides a Total T>MIC sufficient to achieve at least the minimum amount of bacterial eradication for treatment of said bacterial infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Henry H. Flanner, Robert Guttendorf, Donald Treacy, Susan P. Clausen, Beth A. Burnside
  • Patent number: 8246996
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosage forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours after the initial release of antibiotic. In one embodiment, there are two delayed release dosage forms, as well as a delayed sustained release dosage form, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Henry H. Flanner, Colin Rowlings
  • Patent number: 8062672
    Abstract: An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours after the initial release of antibiotic. In one embodiment, there is a delayed release dosage form, as well as two or more delayed sustained release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Shionogi Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Henry H. Flanner, Colin Rowlings