Patents Examined by Emily Bernhardt
  • Patent number: 10053452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline forms and co-crystal forms of pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compound, N-(4-((3-(2-amino-4-pyrimidinyl)-2-pyridinyl)oxy)phenyl)-4-(4-methyl-2-thienyl)-1-phthalazinamine (AMG 900, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said crystalline and co-crystal forms thereof. The invention further provides uses of the crystalline forms and compositions, to treat cancer, including various types of solid tumors and hematologic cancer including myeloma and leukemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Mary Chaves, Matthew Bio, Matthew Peterson
  • Patent number: 10017504
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to piperidine isoxazole and isothiazole orexin compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. Such compounds are of the general structural formula I: wherein the variables are defined herein. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Nigel Liverton, Scott D. Kuduk, Douglas Beshore, Yunfu Luo, Na Meng, Tingting Yu
  • Patent number: 10017480
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein Z=cyclopentyl. cyclopropylmethyl, —CH3; R??—CH3, CHF2, X=formula (II) (III) (IV) (V) Y=—CO; —C?O(CH2), —CH(OH)—CH2, —CH2—C?O, —CH2—CH2—C?O; —CH2—CH(OH)—CH2, —CH2—CH(OCOR1)—CH2 NR2? —N(CH2—CH2OH)2, formula (VI) (VII) (VIII) (IX) (X) (XI) R1=optionally substituted C1-C8 alkyl, optionally substituted aryl; optionally substituted aralkyl, preferably C1-C3 alkyl, more preferably CH3; and enantiomers, diastereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; these compounds have a PDE4D inhibiting activity and can be used as a medicament for treating dementia, in particular Alzheimer disease, and for improving memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Olga Bruno, Chiara Brullo, Alessia Romussi, Ernesto Fedele, Roberta Ricciarelli, Ottavio Arancio, Jos Prickaerts
  • Patent number: 10010554
    Abstract: Fused pyrimidine compounds having a saturated, unsaturated or aromatic A ring fused to a pyrimidine ring and having a complex substituents at the 2 position and a substituted amine at the 4 position of the pyrimidine ring as well as optional aliphatic, functional and/or aromatic components substituted at other positions of the pyrimidine ring and A ring are disclosed. These compounds are inhibitors of the AAA proteasome complex containing p97 and are effective medicinal agents for treatment of diseases associated with p97 bioactivity such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Cleave Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Jie Zhou, Francesco Parlati, David Wustrow
  • Patent number: 10011595
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to ethyldiamne compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. Such compounds are of the general structural formula I: The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald M. Kim, Scott D. Kuduk, Nigel Liverton, Gang Zhou
  • Patent number: 10010539
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazole, triazole and tetrazole compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. Such compounds are of the general structural formula I: The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Nigel Liverton, Scott D. Kuduk, Douglas Beshore, Yunfu Luo, Na Meng
  • Patent number: 10011590
    Abstract: The present application relates to crystalline and amorphous Vilazodone hydrochloride. The present application further relates to amorphous solid dispersions of vilazodone hydrochloride with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The present application also relates to a process for the preparation of form I of vilazodone free base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Javed Iqbal, Srinivas Oruganti, Rajesh Kumar Rapolu, Vishweshwar Peddy, Rajesham Boge, Deepika Pathivada, Dharma Jagannadha Rao Velaga, Sesha Reddy Yarraguntla, Sudhakar Reddy Baddam, Anitha Naredla, Kiran Kumar Doniparthi, Srividya Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 10005803
    Abstract: The present invention provides crystalline forms of the chloride monohydrochloride salt of fosnetupitant, methods of making the crystalline forms, and pharmaceutical dosage forms that make use of the crystalline forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Helsinn Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Luca Fadini, Alessio Venturini
  • Patent number: 9993473
    Abstract: The invention relates to various polymorphic forms and amorphous form of sodium 4-((3-(4-cyclohexylpiperazin-1-yl)-6-oxo-6H-anthra[1,9-cd]isoxazol-5-yl)amino)benzate, including the polymorphic form A, mixtures of the polymorphs, process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof in a pharmaceutical composition containing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Jay Jie-Qiang Wu, Ling Wang
  • Patent number: 9994584
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing the compound having the structure: comprising (a) reacting a compound having the structure: with a compound having the structure: in the presence of a first organic solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the compound, wherein the first organic solvent is a substituted benzene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Lixte Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason J. Piotrowski, Dumitru Ionescu
  • Patent number: 9987272
    Abstract: A pyrazolopyridine compound according to Formula I, able to inhibit JAK is disclosed, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a solvate thereof, solvates of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and biologically active metabolites thereof. The compound may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, and particularly, such conditions as may be associated with aberrant JAK activity, including by way of non-limiting example, allergy, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplant rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: GALAPAGOS NV
    Inventors: Christel Jeanne Marie Menet, Alastair James Hodges, Huw David Vater
  • Patent number: 9981919
    Abstract: This invention concerns HIV replication inhibitors of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, the quaternary amines and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein the ring containing -a1=a2-a3=a4- and -b1=b2-b3=b4- represents phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pirazinyl, pyridazinyl; n is 0 to 5; m is 1 to 4; R1 is hydrogen; aryl; formyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyl; C1-6alkyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; substituted C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy; substituted C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkylcarbonyl; R2 is hydroxy, halo, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C2-6alkenyl, optionally substituted C2-6alkynyl, C1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, polyhalomethyl, polyhalomethyloxy, polyhalomethylthio, —S(?O)pR6, —NH—S(?O)pR6, —C(?O)R6, —NHC(?O)H, —C(?O)NHNH2, —NHC(?O)R6, —C(?NH)R6 or a 5-membered heterocycle; X1 is —NR5—, —NH—NH—, —N?N—, —O—, —C(?O)—, C1-4alkanediyl,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutical N.V.
    Inventors: Jérôme Emile Georges Guillemont, Patrice Palandjian, Marc René de Jonge, Lucien Maria Henricus Koymans, Hendrik Maarten Vinkers, Frederik Frans Desiré Daeyaert, Jan Heeres, Koen Jeanne Alfons Van Aken, Paulus Joannes Lewi, Paul Adriaan Jan Janssen
  • Patent number: 9975852
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to quinoline sulfonyl compounds, compositions comprising these compounds and their use, in particular for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Health Sciences North Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoyun Lee, Viswas Raja Solomon, Sheetal Pundir
  • Patent number: 9975888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl linked imidazole and triazole derivatives, compositions comprising said compounds, alone or in combination with other drugs, and methods of using the compounds for improving the pharmacokinetics of a drug. The compounds of the invention are useful in human and veterinary medicine for inhibiting CYP3A4 and for improving the pharmacokinetics of a therapeutic compound that is metabolized by CYP3A4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Coburn, Milana M. Maletic, Yunfu Luo, Zhiqi Qi, Chun Sing Li, Tingting Yu
  • Patent number: 9969743
    Abstract: Provided are compounds represented by the formula: In which: Y is an unbranched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain with 2-5 hydrocarbon atoms R1=aryl R2=NR3R4 wherein R3 and R4 together form a heterocycle or R2=4-substitutedcyclohexyl, 1-substitutedpiperidine-4-yl or imidazo(1,2-a)azine-2-yl when Y is as defined above and R1 is a heterocycle other than benzothiophene pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, deuterated forms thereof, isomers thereof, solvates thereof, and mixtures thereof. The compounds can be used for treating a patient suffering from a condition that is capable of treatment with a partial agonist or antagonist of the dopamine D2/D3 receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Subramaniam Ananthan
  • Patent number: 9969720
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds, as defined in the specification and as represented by the compound of formula (I): that are useful in the treatment of mycoses, to compositions containing them and to their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: PULMOCIDE LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher Colley, Kazuhiro Ito, Peter Strong, Mihiro Sunose, Matthew McConville
  • Patent number: 9957283
    Abstract: Novel processes, and intermediates, for making alkylated arylpiperazine and alkylated arylpiperidine compounds of the general formulas (I) and (VII), respectively wherein, R1 and R2 are individually selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted or alkyl; n=0, 1, or 2; Y=NR3R4, OR5, or SR5, where R3 and R4 are individually selected from acyl or sulfonyl, and where R5 is aryl or heteroaryl, or heterocyclic; and Ar is an aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Coughlin, Jeremy C. Wilt, Da-Ming Gou, Steven Collier
  • Patent number: 9957242
    Abstract: This disclosure provides compounds and compositions which may be modulators of MAGL and/or ABHD6 and their use as medicinal agents, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions that include disclosed compounds as at least one active agent. The disclosure also provides for method of treating a patient in need thereof, where the patient is suffering from indications such as pain, solid tumor cancer and/or obesity comprising administering a disclosed compound or composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ABIDE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Justin S. Cisar, Cheryl A. Grice, Todd K. Jones, Micah J. Niphakis, Jae Won Chang, Kenneth M Lum, Benjamin F. Cravatt
  • Patent number: 9951063
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described in the description; to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to the use of such compounds as medicaments, especially as modulators of the CXCR3 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
    Inventors: Eva Caroff, Rémy Castro, Emmanuel Meyer, Thierry Kimmerlin
  • Patent number: 9951077
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound of formula (I) and the use thereof for the therapeutic treatment of human cancers including B-cell lymphoma and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Liu, Minsheng Zhang, Qiyue Hu