Patents Assigned to Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
  • Patent number: 9359380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: John Patrick Maxwell, Paul S. Charifson, Qing Tang, Steven M. Ronkin, Katrina Lee Jackson, Albert Charles Pierce, David J. Lauffer, Pan Li, Simon Giroux, Jinwang Xu, Kevin M. Cottrell, Mark A. Morris, Nathan D. Waal, John J. Court, Wenxin Gu, Hongbo Deng
  • Patent number: 9351962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of cystic fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating CFTR mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Hadida-Ruah, Fredrick Van Goor, Mark Miller, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam
  • Publication number: 20160143898
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D.J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou
  • Patent number: 9345708
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting the replication of influenza viruses in a biological sample or patient, of reducing the amount of influenza viruses in a biological sample or patient, and of treating influenza in a patient, comprises administering to said biological sample or patient an effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values of Structural Formula (IA) are as described herein. A compound is represented by Structural Formula (IA) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values of Structural Formula (IA) are as described herein. A pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective amount of such a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul S. Charifson, Michael P. Clark, Upul K. Bandarage, Randy S. Bethiel, John J. Court, Hongbo Deng, Ioana Davies, John P. Duffy, Luc J. Farmer, Huai Gao, Wenxin Gu, Dylan H. Jacobs, Joseph M. Kennedy, Mark W. Ledeboer, Brian Ledford, Francois Maltais, Emanuele Perola, Tiansheng Wang, M. Woods Wannamaker, Randal Byrn, Yi Zhou, Chao Lin, Min Jiang, Steven Jones, Ursula A. Germann, Francesco G. Salituro, Ann Dak-Yee Kwong
  • Patent number: 9340557
    Abstract: The compounds represented by Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK: where each of R1, R2, X, Ring A, Ring B and Ring C is as described herein. Pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprise said compounds. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are used in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: John Patrick Maxwell, Paul S. Charifson, Qing Tang, Steven M. Ronkin, Katrina Lee Jackson, Albert Charles Pierce, David J. Lauffer, Pan Li, Simon Giroux, Jinwang Xu, Kevin M. Cottrell, Mark A. Morris, Nathan D. Waal, John J. Court, Wenxin Gu, Hongbo Deng
  • Patent number: 9340546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as defined herein. Moreover, The compounds of this invention have formula I-A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Nadia Ahmad, Dean Boyall, Jean-Damien Charrier, Chris Davis, Rebecca Davis, Steven Durrant, Gorka Etxebarria I Jardi, Damien Fraysse, Juan-Miguel Jimenez, David Kay, Ronald Knegtel, Donald Middleton, Michael O'Donnell, Maninder Panesar, Francoise Pierard, Joanne Pinder, David Shaw, Pierre-Henri Storck, John Studley, Heather Twin
  • Patent number: 9334244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazine and pyridine compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula IV: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Steven John Durrant, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Philip Michael Reaper
  • Patent number: 9321725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Miller, Jason McCartney, Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Jinglan Zhou
  • Patent number: 9314455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially a solid form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1, Solvate Form A and Compound 1, HCl Salt Form A), processes for making such forms, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Beili Zhang, Mariusz Krawiec
  • Patent number: 9309250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolopyrazines compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Pierre-Henri Storck, Jean-Damien Charrier, Alistair Rutherford, Michael Paul Mortimore, Somhairle MacCormick, Ronald Marcellus Alphonsus Knegtel, Steven John Durrant
  • Publication number: 20160095858
    Abstract: The present invention features a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, W, X, Y, Z, n, o, p, and q are defined herein, for the treatment of CFTR mediated diseases, such as cystic fibrosis. The present invention also features pharmaceutical compositions, method of treating, and kits thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Miller, Corey Anderson, Vijayalaksmi Arumugam, Brian Richard Bear, Hayley Marie Binch, Jeremy J. Clemens, Thomas Cleveland, Erica Conroy, Timothy Richard Coon, Bryan A. Frieman, Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis, Raymond Stanley Gross, Sara Sabina Hadida-Ruah, Khatuya Haripada, Pramod Virupax Joshi, Paul John Krenitsky, Chun-Chieh Lin, Gulin Erdgogan Marelius, Vito Melillo, Jason McCartney, Georgia McGaughey Nicholls, Fabrice Jean Denis Pierre, Alina Silina, Andreas P. Termin, Johnny Uy, Jinglan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20160096807
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to co-crystals comprising N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide (Compound 1) and a co-former and methods for their preparation. The present disclosure further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the co-crystal forms, as well as methods of treatment therewith and kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Strohmeier, John Caesar, JR., Patrick Raymond Connelly, Majed Fawaz, Eduard Luss-Lusis, Brian McClain, Ales Medek, Hai Miao, Kwame Wiredu Nti-Addae, Ping Yin, Yuegang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9296727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the novel regioselective syntheses of 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidines through sequential nucleophilic aromatic substitutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Michael Edward O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 9296701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul S Charifson, Kevin Michael Cottrell, Hongbo Deng, John P. Duffy, Huai Gao, Simon Giroux, Jeremy Green, Katrina Lee Jackson, Joseph M Kennedy, David J. Lauffer, Mark Willem Ledeboer, Pan Li, John Patrick Maxwell, Mark A. Morris, Albert Charles Pierce, Nathan D. Waal, Jinwang Xu
  • Publication number: 20160052916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially crystalline and free solid state form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Form I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Beili Zhang, Mariusz Krawiec
  • Patent number: 9254291
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Adam Looker, Benjamin Joseph Littler, Anusuya Choudhury, Cristian Harrison, Ravikanth Veluri, Michael P. Ryan, Licong Jiang, Eduard Luss-Lusis
  • Publication number: 20160030424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase and combination therapies thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: John Robert Pollard, Philip Michael Reaper, Mohammed Asmal
  • Patent number: 9249131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulator of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including CF Transmembrane Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Mark T. Miller, Ashvani K. Singh, Thomas Cleveland, Lewis R. Makings, Matthew Hamilton, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis
  • Patent number: 9250164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the developing of immuno-stained biological samples. The systems disclosed herein are automated and are configured to control one or more steps of the developing procedure. Reagents may be added using automatic syringe dispensing. Reagent temperature, reagent stirring, and wash procedures are programmable and can be separately controlled for separate immuno-staining procedures that are performed at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael P. Emery, Matthew C. Wallace, James E. Sinclair, Raymond J. Gonzales, Brian Grot, Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi
  • Patent number: 9241934
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising Compound 1, (3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl) cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid), and at least one excipient selected from: a filler, a diluent, a disintegrant, a surfactant, a binder, a glidant and a lubricant, the composition being suitable for oral administration to a patient in need thereof to treat a CFTR mediated disease such as Cystic Fibrosis. Methods for treating a patient in need thereof include administering an oral pharmaceutical formulation of Compound 1 to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Marinus Jacobus Verwijs, Rossitza Gueorguieva Alargova, Ritu Rohit Kaushik, Irina Nikolaevna Kadiyala, Christopher Young