Patents Assigned to Targacept, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9532974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that modulate nicotinic receptors as non-competitive antagonists, methods for their synthesis, methods for use, and their pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Ronald Joseph Heemstra, Matt S. Melvin, Jason Speake, Yunde Xiao, Daniel Yohannes
  • Patent number: 9145396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the stereospecific synthesis of (R)-5-((E)-2-pyrrolidin-3-ylvinyl)pyrimidine, its salt forms, and novel polymorphic forms of these salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Timothy J. Cuthbertson, Gary Maurice Dull, Craig Harrison Miller, Joseph Pike Mitchener, Julio A. Munoz, Pieter Albert Otten
  • Patent number: 9107915
    Abstract: Patients susceptible to or suffering from conditions and disorders, such as central nervous system disorders, are treated by administering to a patient in need thereof compositions that are hydroxybenzoate salts of E-metanicotine-type compounds. The formation of hydroxybenzoate salts of the E-metanicotine compounds is also useful in purifying the E-metanicotine compounds, as the hydroxybenzoate salts tend to crystallize out, leaving impurities such as Z-metanicotine compounds, and compounds where the double bond has migrated, in solution. If desired, the hydroxybenzoate salts can be converted to either the free base (the E-metanicotine compound) or to another pharmaceutically acceptable salt form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio A. Munoz, John Genus, James R. Moore
  • Patent number: 8921410
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are amide compounds which can be prepared from certain heteroaryl carboxylic acids and certain diazabicycloalkanes. The compounds exhibit selectivity for, and bind with high affinity to, neuronal nicotinic receptors of the ?4?2 subtype in the central nervous system (CNS). The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of conditions or disorders, particularly CNS disorders. The compounds can: (i) alter the number of nicotinic cholinergic receptors of the brain of the patient, (ii) exhibit neuroprotective effects, and (iii) when employed in effective amounts, not result in appreciable adverse side effects (e.g. side effects such as significant increases in blood pressure and heart rate, significant negative effects upon the gastrointestinal tract, and significant effects upon skeletal muscle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoly Mazurov, Lan Miao, Yunde Xiao
  • Patent number: 8901151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Merouane Bencherif, Nikolai Fedorov, Terry Hauser, Kristen Jordan, Sharon Rae Letchworth, Anatoly Mazurov, Julio A. Munoz, Jason Speake, Daniel Yohannes
  • Patent number: 8901177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dexmecamylamine and the use of dexmecamylamine, substantially free of exo-R-mecamylamine, in the treatment of bladder disorders, including overactive bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Merouane Bencherif, Steven M. Toler
  • Patent number: 8859609
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are amide compounds which can be prepared from certain heteroaryl carboxylic acids and certain diazabicycloalkanes. The compounds exhibit selectivity for, and bind with high affinity to, neuronal nicotinic receptors of the ?4?2 subtype in the central nervous system (CNS). The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of conditions or disorders, particularly CNS disorders. The compounds can: (i) alter the number of nicotinic cholinergic receptors of the brain of the patient, (ii) exhibit neuroprotective effects, and (iii) when employed in effective amounts, not result in appreciable adverse side effects (e.g. side effects such as significant increases in blood pressure and heart rate, significant negative effects upon the gastrointestinal tract, and significant effects upon skeletal muscle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoly Mazurov, Lan Miao, Yunde Xiao
  • Patent number: 8846715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (2S,3R)—N-(2-((3-pyridinyl)methyl)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide, novel salt forms thereof, methods for its preparation, novel intermediates, and methods for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central and autonomic nervous systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Merouane Bencherif, Lisa Benson, Gary Maurice Dull, Nikolai Federov, Gregory J. Gatto, Kristen G. Jordan, Anatoly A. Mazurov, Lan Miao, Julio A. Munoz, Inigo Pfeiffer, Sondra Pfeiffer, Teresa Phillips
  • Publication number: 20140288169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that modulate nicotinic receptors as non-competitive antagonists, methods for their synthesis, methods for their use, and their pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TARGACEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Scott R. Breining, Matt S. Melvin, Srinivasa V. Murthy, Anatoly A. Mazurov, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Jon-Paul Strachan, Ronald Joseph Heemstra, Todd Showalter, Yunde Xiao, Philip S. Hammond, Lan Miao, David Kombo, Daniel Yohannes, Jason Speake
  • Publication number: 20140249141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including inflammatory diseases and diseases associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoly Mazurov, Lan Miao, Todd Showalter
  • Publication number: 20140234270
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods, uses, and selective alpha7 nAChR ligands for treating or preventing disease and disorders in which stimulation of neurogenesis is ameliorative; namely, wherein the recruitment of neurogenesis is therapeutic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TARGACEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Merouane Bencherif, Kristen Jordan, Terry Hauser, Steven M. Toler, Sharon Rae Letchworth, David C. Kombo
  • Patent number: 8809397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that modulate nicotinic receptors as non-competitive antagonists, methods for their synthesis, methods for use, and their pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Ronald Joseph Heemstra, Matt S. Melvin, Jason D. Speake, Yunde Xiao, Daniel Yohannes
  • Patent number: 8802694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Ronald Joseph Heemstra, Srinivasa V. Murthy, Jon-Paul Strachan, Yunde Xiao
  • Patent number: 8778978
    Abstract: Patients susceptible to or suffering from conditions and disorders, such as central nervous system disorders, are treated by administering to a patient in need thereof compositions that are hydroxybenzoate salts of E-metanicotine-type compounds. The formation of hydroxybenzoate salts of the E-metanicotine compounds is also useful in purifying the E-metanicotine compounds, as the hydroxybenzoate salts tend to crystallize out, leaving impurities such as Z-metanicotine compounds, and compounds where the double bond has migrated, in solution. If desired, the hydroxybenzoate salts can be converted to either the free base (the E-metanicotine) or to another pharmaceutically acceptable salt form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio A. Munoz, John Genus, James R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20140194525
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of exo-S-mecamylamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, substantially free of exo-R-mecamylamine in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Preferably the amount is about 0.5 mg to about 20 mg. Medical conditions are treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of exo-S-mecamylamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, substantially free of its exo-R-mecamylamine, said amount being sufficient to ameliorate the medical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Shytle, Paul Sanberg, Mary Newman, Archie A. Silver
  • Publication number: 20140163065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TARGACEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Merouane Bencherif, Nikolai Fedorov, Terry Hauser, Kristen Jordan, Sharon Rae Letchworth, Anatoly Mazurov, Julio A. Munoz, Jason Speake, Daniel Yohannes
  • Patent number: 8703802
    Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of aryl substituted olefinic amines such as (2S)-(4E)-N-methyl-5-[3-(5-isopropoxypyridin)yl]-4-penten-2-amine and (2S)-(4E)-N-methyl-5-[3-(5-methoxypyridin)yl]-4-penten-2-amine and new intermediates used in said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Maurice Dull, John Genus, Tommi Ratilainen, Per Olof Ryberg, Janna Hellström, Niklas Wahlström, Thomas Wännman
  • Publication number: 20140107164
    Abstract: Novel vinylazacycloalkane compounds of Formula (I) are disclosed. The compounds are ligands of various nAChRs. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used to prepare pharmaceutical compositions and/or medicaments intended to prevent or treat disorders associated with dysfunction of nAChRs, especially within the central nervous system or the gastrointestinal system. Examples of types of disorders that can be treated include neurodegenerative disorders, including central nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders, motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease, drug addiction, behavioral disorders and inflammatory disorders within the gastrointestinal system. The compounds can also serve as analgesics in the treatment of acute, chronic or recurrent pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Daniel Schmitt, Gary Maurice Dull, Arielle Genevois-Borella, Marc Capet, Michel Cheve, Craig Harrison Miller
  • Publication number: 20140066460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the stereospecific synthesis of (R)-5-((E)-2-pyrrolidin-3-ylvinyl)pyrimidine, its salt forms, and novel polymorphic forms of these salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Timothy J. Cuthbertson, Gary Maurice Dull, Craig Harrison Miller, Joseph Pike Mitchener, Julio A. Munoz, Pieter Albert Otten
  • Publication number: 20140039014
    Abstract: Patients susceptible to or suffering from conditions and disorders, such as central nervous system disorders, are treated by administering to a patient in need thereof compositions that are hydroxybenzoate salts of E-metanicotine-type compounds. The formation of hydroxybenzoate salts of the E-metanicotine compounds is also useful in purifying the E-metanicotine compounds, as the hydroxybenzoate salts tend to crystallize out, leaving impurities such as Z-metanicotine compounds, and compounds where the double bond has migrated, in solution. If desired, the hydroxybenzoate salts can be converted to either the free base (the E-metanicotine) or to another pharmaceutically acceptable salt form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio A. Munoz, John Genus, James R. Moore