Patents Examined by D M Seaman
  • Patent number: 9102620
    Abstract: The subject invention provides deuterated N-ethyl-N-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-4-hydroxy-5-chloro-1-methyl-2-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide, its salts and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Victor Piryatinsky, Avital Laxer
  • Patent number: 9090592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of formula I wherein the variables are as defined in the claims or the description, which are useful for inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), compositions containing the compounds, their use for preparing a medicament for the treatment of a medical disorder susceptible to the treatment with a compound that modulates, preferably inhibits, the activity of glycogen synthase kinase 3?, and methods of treatment of medical disorders susceptible to treatment with a compound that modulates glycogen synthase kinase 3? activity using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sean Colm Turner, Helmut Mack, Margaretha Henrica Maria Bakker, Marcel Van Gaalen, Carolin Hoft, Wilfried Hornberger
  • Patent number: 9090587
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for improving the water solubility and storage stability of 7-{(3S,4S)-3-[(cyclopropylamino)methyl]-4-fluoropyrrolidine-1-y1}-6-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)-8-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound (1)) that is safe and not only has a strong antibacterial action but also is effective for resistant bacteria for which conventional antibacterial agent are less effective. Crystals of the hydrochloride salt of the compound (1), crystals of the hydrochloride salt hydrate of the compound (1), and crystals of the methanesulfonate salt of the compound (1) are provided. In these crystals, decomposition due to influences of light is suppressed as compared to that in crystals of the compound (1) in free, and their storage stability is high. These crystals have higher solubility in water than the crystals of the compound (1) in free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Araya, Akinori Goto, Wataru Minagawa, Keiko Funada, Muneki Nagao
  • Patent number: 9085577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Addex Pharma, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Cid-Nunez, Ana Isabel De Lucas Olivares, Andres Avelino Trabanco-Suarez, Gregor James MacDonald
  • Patent number: 9086390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dabigatran etexilate and related substances and use of the substances as reference standards and markers. There are also provided processes of detecting the substances in samples of dabigatran etexilate, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and also for analyzing the purity of samples of dabigatran etexilate, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. There are still further provided processes of preparing dabigatran etexilate and related substances, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Medichem, S.A.
    Inventors: Judit Serra Miralles, Ernesto Durán López, Lingxiang Rao
  • Patent number: 9073820
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are naphthamide and quinoline carboxamide compounds containing two bicyclic moieties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of cancers mediated by cyclic-AMP (cAMP) response element binding protein (CREB). The disclosed compositions have utility in the treatment of lung, prostate and breast cancers in a human subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiangshu Xiao, Bingbing Li, Fuchun Xie
  • Patent number: 9073862
    Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 2-oxy-quinoline-3-carboxamides, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: GRUENENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Kühnert, Gregor Bahrenberg, Achim Kless, Wolfgang Schröder
  • Patent number: 9073863
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for increasing activity of a mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (mutant-CFTR). The pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods are useful for the study and treatment of disorders associated with mutant-CFTR, such as cystic fibrosis. The pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceutical preparations may include one or more cyanoquinoline-containing compounds of the embodiments, or an analog or derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alan S. Verkman, Puay-Wah Phuan, Mark J. Kurth, John Knapp
  • Patent number: 9067887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; R is a hydrogen atom or alkyl; R1 is (1) cyclopropyl optionally substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms or (2) phenyl optionally substituted by 1 to 3 halogen atoms; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, a halogen atom, cyano, etc.; and R3 is 7-oxo-7,8-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridinyl, 3-pyridyl, etc., or a salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has excellent antimicrobial activity against Clostridium difficile and is useful for the prevention or treatment of intestinal infection such as Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mamuti Abudusaimi, Fangguo Ye, Jiangqin Sun, Hisashi Miyamoto, Jay-Fei Cheng, Daisuke Oka
  • Patent number: 9067922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new sulfonamide URAT-1 inhibitor compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes, and to methods of treatment, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain, Robert McKenzie Owen
  • Patent number: 9067889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new kinase inhibitors, more specifically ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In particular, the present invention relates to new ROCK inhibitors, compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such inhibitors, and to uses of such inhibitors in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. In addition, the invention relates to methods of treatment and use of said compounds in the manufacture of a medicament for the application to a number of therapeutic indications including sexual dysfunction, inflammatory diseases, ophthalmic diseases, gastrointestinal diseases and respiratory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Amakem NV
    Inventors: Jo Alen, Sandro Boland, Arnaud Pierre Jean Bourin, Olivier Defert, Dirk Leysen
  • Patent number: 9062206
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bis-quinophthalone pigment of Formula I, and a process for the same. wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are independently H or halogen, preferably Cl or Br; R2 is substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C20 straight or branched chain alkyl substituents, aromatic substituents, aliphatic substituents, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Keki Hormusji Gharda
  • Patent number: 9061999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compound (I) for use as an agent for preventing, inhibiting or treating AIDS, wherein X is CR0 or N; R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a group chosen among a (C1-C5)alkyl group, a (C3-C6)cycloalkyl group, a (C1-C5)fluoroalkyl group, a (C1-C5)alkoxy group, a (C1-C5)fluoroalkoxy group, a —CN group, a —COORa group, a —NO2 group, a —NRaRb group, a —NRa—SO2—NRaRb group, a —NRa—SO2—Ra group, a —NRa—C(?O)—Ra group, a —NRa—C(?O)—NRaRb group, a —SO2—NRaRb group, a —SO3H group, a —OH group, a —O—SO2—ORc group, a —O—P(?O)—(ORc)(ORd) group, a —O—CH2—COORc group and can further be a group chosen among: R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C1-C5)alkyl group or a (C3-C6)cycloalkyl group; R10 is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom, and R11 is a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C4)alkyl group or anyone of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: ABIVAX, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT CURIE, UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2
    Inventors: Jamal Tazi, Florence Mahuteau, Romain Najman, Didier Scherrer, Noëlie Campos, Aude Garcel
  • Patent number: 9061997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are quinolinone derivatives of general formula (I) capable of modulating the activity, in particular of inducing the differentiation, of stem and progenitor cells; these compounds are of use in the treatment of disorders related to a stem differentiation defect; the invention also relates to novel compounds among these quinolinone derivatives and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Martial Ruat, Hélène Faure, Tatiana Gorojankina, André Mann, Maurizio Taddei, Fabrizio Manetti, Antonio Solinas
  • Patent number: 9062000
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bis-quinaldine compound of formula I and a process for the same. wherein R2 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C20 straight or branched chain alkyl substituents, aromatic substituents, aliphatic substituents, combinations thereof and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Keki Hormusji Gharda
  • Patent number: 9050334
    Abstract: The invention relates to MIF inhibitors; compositions comprising an effective amount of a MIF inhibitor; and methods for treating or preventing diseases associated with MIF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: INNOV88 LLC
    Inventors: Anderson Gaweco, John K. Walker, Joseph B. Monahan, Jerry W. Cubbage, Jeffery Carroll
  • Patent number: 9051305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compositions for and methods of cancer treatment in which compounds of Formula I or Formula II. In some aspects, the treatment of B-cell Lymphoma or other hematopoietic cancers is encompassed. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for treating particular types of hematopoietic cancers, such as B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more compounds of Formula I or Formula II. Combination therapy with, for example, a class of therapeutics known as 26S proteasome inhibitors, for example, Bortezomib, are also included. In another aspect the present invention relates to autoimmune treatment with compounds of Formula I or Formula II. In another aspect, this invention relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have unique in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Cardone, Andrew F. Kolodziej, David Richard
  • Patent number: 9045473
    Abstract: The present application relate to amorphous form of Apixaban useful in making pharmaceutically acceptable dosage forms, and to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LTD.
    Inventors: Subba Reddy Peddi Reddy, Md Arshad Alam
  • Patent number: 9045425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline solvate forms of N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide (Compound 1) and methods for their preparation. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline solvate forms, as well as methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Brian Luisi, Sneha Ghanshyam Arekar, Adriana Costache, Kirk Raymond Dinehart, Steven C. Johnston, Bobbianna J. Neubert-Langille
  • Patent number: 9045464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quinolone compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R3 represents a phenyl group optionally being substituted with one or more substituents, etc.; R4 represents a halogen atom; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or halogen atom; R6 represents a hydrogen atom; and R7 represents a hydroxyl group, etc. The quinolone compound have a functional improvement effect, which suppresses progression of neurological dysfunction by inhibiting the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protecting dopamine neurons from the disease etiology, thereby prolonging the period before first administration begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Otsubo, Yuji Ochi, Masami Nakai, Atsushi Mori