Patents Examined by George W Kosturko
  • Patent number: 12280044
    Abstract: The present application belongs to the technical field of proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), and discloses a PROTAC molecule and a preparation method and use thereof. A ligand for a target protein in the PROTAC molecule of the present application is a pyridine carboxylic acid-1-oxide derivative. In cell and zebrafish experiments, the PROTAC molecule exhibits no toxic and side effects at a drug concentration allowing a desired effect. At a cellular level, an inhibition level of the PROTAC molecule for human tyrosinase (TYR) reaches less than or equal to 1 ?mol/L. The PROTAC molecule in the present application can significantly reduce the generation of melanin by degrading TYR, and has excellent solubility, safety, and efficacy and a low effective concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Du Feng, Wei Yi, Yongquan Hu, Junyuan Tang, Zhi Zhou, Haixia Zhuang
  • Patent number: 12280022
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for safe and efficacious administration of esketamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CLEXIO BIOSCIENCES LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Kagan, Gina Pastino
  • Patent number: 12263167
    Abstract: The compound of formula (1a) wherein p is 1 or 2, R1-R4 are hydrogen atom or the like, and a-d are 1 or 2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an antitumor effect by inhibiting the binding between a MLL fusion protein that is infused with AF4, AF9, or the like, which is a representative fusion partner gene causing MLL leukemia, and menin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kamioka, Hitoshi Ban, Naoaki Shimada, Wataru Hirose, Akihiko Arakawa, Kazuto Yamazaki, Kenjiro Hira
  • Patent number: 12251381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating schizophrenia using a combination of aripiprazole, aripiprazole lauroxil, and a nanoparticle dispersion of aripiprazole lauroxil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Lisa L. von Moltke, Peter J. Weiden, Marjie L. Hard
  • Patent number: 12246017
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating cancer in a subject, wherein the cancer is extrachromosomal DNA-positive (ecDNA-positive) or therapeutically resistant, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a replication stress (RS) pathway agent alone or in combination with a targeted therapeutic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: BOUNDLESS BIO, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Hassig, Ryan Hansen, Snezana Milutinovic, Jason Christiansen, Zachary D. Hornby, Sudhir Chowdhry, Anthony Celeste, Kristen Turner, Deepti Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 12227510
    Abstract: Provided are crystalline forms of acid addition salts of N-(3-(2-(4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenylamino)furo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)acrylamide, and a pharmaceutical composition including the same. The crystalline forms may be easily used in preparing the pharmaceutical composition including the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Sook Oh, Jae Hyuk Jung, Ji Young Jeon, Sun Young Jang, Tae Hee Ha
  • Patent number: 12221414
    Abstract: A quaternary ammonium salt compound of formula I is fast-acting and has a long-term local anaesthetic effect after a single administration, the sensory nerve block time being longer than the motor nerve block time, has both a long-acting local anaesthetic effect and a selective local anaesthetic effect, and also significantly reduces the side effects of quaternary ammonium salt compounds with the structural features of surfactants and is highly safe; thus, the compound of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used for the preparation of saft drugs having a long-term local anaesthetic effect and a selective local anaesthetic effect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: WEST CHINA HOSPITAL, SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bowen Ke, Jin Liu, Wensheng Zhang, Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 12213972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable pharmaceutical compositions comprising apixaban or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention further relates to a capsule composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of apixaban solubilized or dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the therapeutically effective amount of apixaban ranges from about 0.5 mg/unit dosage form to about 50 mg/unit dosage form. The present invention also provides manufacturing processes thereof and use of the said compositions for prevention, treatment or prophylaxis of disorders in human patients in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SLAYBACK PHARMA LLC
    Inventors: Shailendra Mandge, Venkateshwar Reddy Keesara, Harish Gunda, Naga Venkata Durga Prasad Ketha, Satheesh Balasubramanian, Sumitra Ashokkumar Pillai, Sushant Omprakash Dube, Praveen Kumar Subbappa
  • Patent number: 12215112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that have the ability to inhibit CD151.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ESFAM BIOTECH PTY LTD
    Inventors: John Thomas Feutrill, Jean-Marc Garnier, Albert George Frauman
  • Patent number: 12213977
    Abstract: The current methods and compositions provide for a novel therapeutic method for treating patients diagnosed with melanoma, especially those that have become resistant to certain other therapies. Accordingly, certain aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for treating melanoma in a subject, the method comprising administering a composition comprising a ferroptosis-inducing agent or other dedifferentiated melanoma-targeting agent to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Thomas G. Graeber, Jennifer Tsoi, Antoni Ribas, Lidia Robert, Nicolaos Palaskas
  • Patent number: 12208095
    Abstract: The present application relates to treating and/or preventing breast cancer, including locally advanced or metastatic, ER+, HER2? breast cancer, in a subject in need of treatment, comprising administering a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer, stereoisomer, solvate, polymorph, isotopic derivative, or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, m, and n are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Arvinas Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Crew, John Flanagan, Sheryl Maxine Gough, Royal J. Haskell, III, Marcia Dougan Moore, Yimin Qian, Ian Charles Anthony Taylor, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 12195465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using the same. The compounds and methods have a range of utilities as therapeutics, diagnostics, and research tools. In particular, the subject compositions and methods are useful for reducing signaling output of oncogenic proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Kumquat Biosciences Inc.
    Inventors: Baogen Wu, Pingda Ren, Zhiyong Chen, Yi Liu
  • Patent number: 12195466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds which can be used in particular as structural mimetics of proline-rich peptides. The compounds of the present invention are capable of selectively inhibiting Ena/VASP-EVH1-mediated protein-protein interactions. The invention further relates to the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical agents and the use of the pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of tumor diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V., UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN
    Inventors: Ronald Kühne, Hans-Günther Schmalz, Stephan Dohmen, Matthias Barone, Matthias Müller, Slim Chiha, Dominik Albat
  • Patent number: 12187684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzimidazole derivatives of formula (I) as inhibitors of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (ROR?) protein, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, preparation methods thereof, and the use of the compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment of ROR?-mediated diseases or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd., Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yinfa Yan, Minsheng Zhang, Dong Liu, Fengqi Zhang, Suxing Liu, Rumin Zhang, Feng He, Weikang Tao
  • Patent number: 12171729
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical formulations comprising derivatives of NDGA, including M4N (tetra-0-methyl nordihydroguaiaretic acid) and temozolomide and their use in the inhibition and treatment of neoplastic diseases, including glioblastoma multiforme, lung and other cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, Academia Sinica, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Ru Chih C. Huang, Jong Ho Chun, Yu-Ling Lin, Yu-Chuan Liang, Kuang-Wen Liao, Tiffany Jackson, David Mold, Chien-Hsien Lai
  • Patent number: 12168011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a sterile liquid pharmaceutical composition suitable for administration by inhalation comprising ensifentrine particles, wherein the process comprises: (a) heating ensifentrine particles at a temperature of from 100° C. to 220° C. to obtain sterile ensifentrine particles; and (b) combining the sterile ensifentrine particles with a sterile liquid vehicle to produce the sterile liquid pharmaceutical composition suitable for administration by inhalation. A process for producing an ampule comprising the sterile liquid pharmaceutical composition is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Verona Pharma PLC
    Inventors: Peter Lionel Spargo, Phillip A. Haywood, Edward James French
  • Patent number: 12168006
    Abstract: The discovery of mutant or fusion kinases that drive oncogenesis, and the subsequent approval of specific inhibitors for these enzymes, has been instrumental in the management of some cancers. However, acquired resistance remains a significant problem in the clinic, limiting the long-term effectiveness of most of these drugs. Herein is demonstrated a strategy to overcome this resistance through drug-induced MEK cleavage (via direct procaspase-3 activation) combined with targeted kinase inhibition. This combination effect is shown to be general across diverse tumor histologies (melanoma, lung cancer, and leukemia) and driver mutations (mutant BRAF or EGFR, fusion kinases EML4-ALK and BCR-ABL). Caspase-3-mediated degradation of MEK kinases results in sustained pathway inhibition and substantially delayed or eliminated resistance in cancer cells in a manner superior to combinations with MEK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Jessie Peh, Matthew Boudreau
  • Patent number: 12168667
    Abstract: The present application relates to an anti-tumor compound and a preparation method and use thereof, and in particular to a compound or a tautomer, a mesomer, a racemate, an enantiomer or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a preparation method and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: DUALITY BIOLOGICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Zhongyuan Zhu, Haiqing Hua, Bing Li, Jian Li, Shengchao Lin, Xi Li, Hongxia Shen
  • Patent number: 12156865
    Abstract: Topical formulations comprising soft glycopyrrolates are useful for treating excessive sweating conditions in subjects, such as humans suffering from hyperhidrosis. Preferably, at least one soft anticholinergic agent is provided in an effective amount or concentration in an anhydrous formulation that can inhibit excessive perspiration resulting from a condition such as hyperhidrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: BODOR LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Bodor, John J. Koleng, David Angulo
  • Patent number: 12150942
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating multiple myeloma (MM), acute myeloid lymphoma (AML) or a myeloproliferative disease (MPD) in a human patient in need thereof. The methods entail administering to the patient an effective amount of cerdulatinib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Coffey, Jiajia Feng